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View article: Effects of Land Use Data Spatial Resolution on SDG Indicator 11.3.1 (Urban Expansion) Assessments: A Case Study Across Ethiopia
Effects of Land Use Data Spatial Resolution on SDG Indicator 11.3.1 (Urban Expansion) Assessments: A Case Study Across Ethiopia Open
Geospatial data play a significant role in the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, particularly through assessments of monitoring indicators. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 11.3.1 assessments utilize land and popul…
View article: Towards global spaceborne lidar biomass: Developing and applying boreal forest biomass models for ICESat-2 laser altimetry data
Towards global spaceborne lidar biomass: Developing and applying boreal forest biomass models for ICESat-2 laser altimetry data Open
Space-based laser altimetry has revolutionized our capacity to characterize terrestrial ecosystems through the direct observation of vegetation structure and the terrain beneath it. Data from NASA’s ICESat-2 mission provide the first compr…
View article: Fishers (Pekania pennanti) are forest structure specialists when resting and generalists when moving: behavior influences resource selection in a northern Rocky Mountain fisher population
Fishers (Pekania pennanti) are forest structure specialists when resting and generalists when moving: behavior influences resource selection in a northern Rocky Mountain fisher population Open
Background Studies of animal habitat selection are important to identify and preserve the resources species depend on, yet often little attention is paid to how habitat needs vary depending on behavioral state. Fishers ( Pekania pennanti )…
View article: Automated Geospatial Approach for Assessing SDG Indicator 11.3.1: A Multi-Level Evaluation of Urban Land Use Expansion across Africa
Automated Geospatial Approach for Assessing SDG Indicator 11.3.1: A Multi-Level Evaluation of Urban Land Use Expansion across Africa Open
Geospatial data has proven useful for monitoring urbanization and guiding sustainable development in rapidly urbanizing regions. The United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 11.3.1 leverages geospatial data to esti…
View article: Ecological and climatic transferability of airborne lidar-driven aboveground biomass models in Piñon-Juniper woodlands
Ecological and climatic transferability of airborne lidar-driven aboveground biomass models in Piñon-Juniper woodlands Open
Piñon-juniper (PJ) woodlands are an expansive and dynamic dryland ecosystem in the US that encompass a wide range of spatial, temporal, and ecological diversity. The dynamism of PJ woodland extent and abundance over space and time is attri…
View article: Testing temporal transferability of remote sensing models for large area monitoring
Testing temporal transferability of remote sensing models for large area monitoring Open
Applying remote sensing models outside the temporal range of their training data, referred to as temporal model transfer, has become common practice for large area monitoring projects that extrapolate models for hindcasting or forecasting …
View article: Towards Global Spaceborne Lidar Biomass: Developing and Applying Boreal Forest Biomass Models for Icesat-2 Laser Altimetry Data
Towards Global Spaceborne Lidar Biomass: Developing and Applying Boreal Forest Biomass Models for Icesat-2 Laser Altimetry Data Open
View article: Tree canopy cover in the Great Lakes region, 1985-2019
Tree canopy cover in the Great Lakes region, 1985-2019 Open
This data publication contains thirty-five (35) georeferenced (GeoTIFF) raster files containing the percent tree canopy cover predicted for the Great Lakes region for each year from 1985 to 2019. Predictions were made using Landsat imagery…
View article: Evaluating GEDI data fusions for continuous characterizations of forest wildlife habitat
Evaluating GEDI data fusions for continuous characterizations of forest wildlife habitat Open
Continuous characterizations of forest structure are critical for modeling wildlife habitat as well as for assessing trade-offs with additional ecosystem services. To overcome the spatial and temporal limitations of airborne lidar data for…
View article: Comparison of Model-Assisted Endogenous Poststratification Methods for Estimation of Above-Ground Biomass Change in Oregon, USA
Comparison of Model-Assisted Endogenous Poststratification Methods for Estimation of Above-Ground Biomass Change in Oregon, USA Open
Quantifying above-ground biomass changes, ΔAGB, is key for understanding carbon dynamics. National Forest Inventories, NFIs, aims at providing precise estimates of ΔAGB relying on model-assisted estimators that incorporate auxiliary inform…
View article: Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission
Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission Open
View article: Using Fay–Herriot Models and Variable Radius Plot Data to Develop a Stand-Level Inventory and Update a Prior Inventory in the Western Cascades, OR, United States
Using Fay–Herriot Models and Variable Radius Plot Data to Develop a Stand-Level Inventory and Update a Prior Inventory in the Western Cascades, OR, United States Open
Stands are the primary unit for tactical and operational forest planning. Forest managers can use remote-sensing-based forest inventories to precisely estimate attributes of interest at the stand scale. However, remote-sensing-based invent…
View article: Regional Modeling of Forest Fuels and Structural Attributes Using Airborne Laser Scanning Data in Oregon
Regional Modeling of Forest Fuels and Structural Attributes Using Airborne Laser Scanning Data in Oregon Open
Airborne laser scanning (ALS) acquisitions provide piecemeal coverage across the western US, as collections are organized by local managers of individual project areas. In this study, we analyze different factors that can contribute to dev…
View article: A carbon monitoring system for mapping regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA
A carbon monitoring system for mapping regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA Open
This paper presents a prototype Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) developed to produce regionally unbiased annual estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB). Our CMS employed a bottom-up, two-step modeling strategy beginning with a spatially and …
View article: LiDAR Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass Maps, Northwestern USA, 2002-2016
LiDAR Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass Maps, Northwestern USA, 2002-2016 Open
This dataset provides maps of aboveground forest biomass (AGB) of living trees and standing dead trees in Mg/ha across portions of Northwestern United States, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, at a spatial resolution of 30 …
View article: Field observations for "A carbon monitoring system for mapping regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA"
Field observations for "A carbon monitoring system for mapping regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA" Open
These data represent a portion of the forest inventory data used in Hudak et al. (2020) "A carbon monitoring system for mapping regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA". This study used forest inventory data locate…
View article: Hundred year projected carbon loads and species compositions for four National Forests in the northwestern USA
Hundred year projected carbon loads and species compositions for four National Forests in the northwestern USA Open
View article: Characterizing over Four Decades of Forest Disturbance in Minnesota, USA
Characterizing over Four Decades of Forest Disturbance in Minnesota, USA Open
Spatial information about disturbance driven patterns of forest structure and ages across landscapes provide a valuable resource for all land management efforts including cross-ownership collaborative forest treatments and restoration. Whi…
View article: CMS: Pinyon-Juniper Forest Live Aboveground Biomass, Great Basin, USA, 2000-2016
CMS: Pinyon-Juniper Forest Live Aboveground Biomass, Great Basin, USA, 2000-2016 Open
This dataset provides annual maps of live aboveground tree biomass (Mg/ha) for pinyon-juniper forests across the Great Basin of the Western USA for the years 2000-2016 at a spatial resolution of 30 meters. Biomass estimates are limited to …
View article: Monitoring pinyon-juniper cover and aboveground biomass across the Great Basin
Monitoring pinyon-juniper cover and aboveground biomass across the Great Basin Open
Since the mid-1800s pinyon-juniper (PJ) woodlands have been encroaching into sagebrush-steppe shrublands and grasslands such that they now comprise 40% of the total forest and woodland area of the Intermountain West of the United States. M…
View article: Annual Aboveground Biomass Maps for Forests in the Northwestern USA, 2000-2016
Annual Aboveground Biomass Maps for Forests in the Northwestern USA, 2000-2016 Open
This dataset provides annual maps of aboveground biomass (AGB, Mg/ha) for forests in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana, USA, for the years 2000-2016, at a spatial resolution of 30 meters. Tree measurements were summarized with…