GEDI launches a new era of biomass inference from space

Accurate estimation of aboveground forest biomass stocks is required to assess the impacts of land use changes such as deforestation and subsequent regrowth on concentrations of atmospheric CO _2 . The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is a lidar mission launched by NASA to the Internat...

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Published in:Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors: Ralph Dubayah, John Armston, Sean P Healey, Jamis M Bruening, Paul L Patterson, James R Kellner, Laura Duncanson, Svetlana Saarela, Göran Ståhl, Zhiqiang Yang, Hao Tang, J Bryan Blair, Lola Fatoyinbo, Scott Goetz, Steven Hancock, Matthew Hansen, Michelle Hofton, George Hurtt, Scott Luthcke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Subjects:
GEDI
lidar
biomass
carbon
forest structure
hybrid inference
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8694

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8694

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