References updated on May 31st 2013

    2013 LVIS Related Publications

  1. Characterization of Canopy Layering in Forested Ecosystems Using Full Waveform Lidar
    Whitehurst, A. S. and Swatantran, A. and Blair, J. B. and Hofton, M. A. and Dubayah, R.  Remote Sensing  5  2014--2036  2013
  2. Evaluating Prospects for Improved Forest Parameter Retrieval From Satellite LiDAR Using a Physically-Based Radiative Transfer Model
    Rosette, J. and North, P. R. J. and Rubio-Gil, J. and Cook, B. and Los, S. and Suarez, J. and Sun, G. and Ranson, J. and Blair, J. B.  Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of  6  45-53  2013
  3. Analysis of Waveform Lidar Data Using Shape-Based Metrics
    Muss, J. D. and Aguilar-Amuchastegui, N. and Mladenoff, D. J. and Henebry, G. M.  Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE  10  106 -110  2013
  4. Achieving accuracy requirements for forest biomass mapping: A spaceborne data fusion method for estimating forest biomass and LiDAR sampling error
    Montesano, P. M. and Cook, B. D. and Sun, G. and Simard, M. and Nelson, R. F. and Ranson, K. J. and Zhang, Z. and Luthcke, S.  Remote Sensing of Environment  130  153 - 170  2013
  5. Detecting tropical forest biomass dynamics from repeated airborne Lidar measurements
    Meyer, V. and Saatchi, S. and Chave, J. and Dalling, J. and Bohlman, S. and Fricker, G. and Robinson, C. and Neumann, M.  Biogeosciences Discuss  10  1957--1992  2013
  6. Hyperspectral remote sensing of foliar nitrogen content
    Knyazikhin, Y. and Schull, M. A. and Stenberg, P. and Mõttus, M. and Rautiainen, M. and Yang, Y. and Marshak, A. and Latorre Carmona, P. and Kaufmann, R. K. and Lewis, P. and Disney, M. I. and Vanderbilt, V. and Davis, A. B. and Baret, F. and Jacquemoud, S. and Lyapustin, A. and Myneni, R. B.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  110  E185--E192  2013
  7. Remote Sensing of Coastal Wetland Biomass: An Overview
    Klemas, V.  Journal of Coastal Research      2013
  8. Improved ice loss estimate of the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet; Journal of Geophysical Research
    Kjeldsen, K. K. and Khan, S. A. and Wahr, J. and Korsgaard, N. J. and Kjær, K. H. and Bjørk, A. A. and Hurkmans, R. and van den Broeke, M. R. and Bamber, J. L. and van Angelen, J. H.  Improved ice loss estimate of the northwestern Greenland Ice Sheet; Journal of Geophysical Research      2013
  9. Mapping biomass change after forest disturbance: Applying LiDAR footprint-derived models at key map scales
    Huang, W. and Sun, G. and Dubayah, R. and Cook, B. and Montesano, P. and Ni, W. and Zhang, Z.  Remote Sensing of Environment  134  319--332  2013
  10. Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations Model of Tree Heights: Part 2. Site Based Testing of the Model
    Choi, S. and Ni, X. and Shi, Y. and Ganguly, S. and Zhang, G. and Duong, H. V. and Lefsky, M. A. and Simard, M. and Saatchi, S. S. and Lee, S. and Ni-Meister, W. and Piao, S. and Cao, C. and Nemani, R. R. and Myneni, R. B.  Remote Sensing  5  202--223  2013
  11. A study of forest biomass estimates from lidar in the northern temperate forests of New England
    Ahmed, R. and Siqueira, P. and Hensley, S.  Remote Sensing of Environment  130  121 - 135  2013
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    2012 LVIS Related Publications

  12. Allometric equation choice impacts lidar-based forest biomass estimates: A case study from the Sierra National Forest, CA
    Zhao, F. and Guo, Q. and Kelly, M.  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology  165  64 - 72  2012
  13. Lidar sampling for large-area forest characterization: A review
    Wulder, M. A. and White, J. C. and Nelson, R. F. and Næsset, E. and Ørka, H. O. and Coops, N. C. and Hilker, T. and Bater, C. W. and Gobakken, T.  Remote Sensing of Environment  121  196--209  2012
  14. Retrieval of vertical LAI profiles over tropical rain forests using waveform lidar at La Selva, Costa Rica
    Tang, H. and Dubayah, R. and Swatantran, A. and Hofton, M. and Sheldon, S. and Clark, D. B. and Blair, B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  124  242 - 250  2012
  15. Mapping Migratory Bird Prevalence Using Remote Sensing Data Fusion
    Swatantran, A. and Dubayah, R. and Goetz, S. and Hofton, M. and Betts, M. G. and Sun, M. and Simard, M. and Holmes, R.  Plos One  7  e28922  2012
  16. Analysis and error assessment on the use of segmentation for estimating forest structural characteristics from lidar and radar
    Siqueira, P. and Dickinson, C. and Ahmed, R. and Chapman, B. and Hensley, S. and Bergen, K. and Lucas, R. and Clewley, D.      5337 -5339  2012
  17. An Empirical Assessment of Temporal Decorrelation Using the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar over Forested Landscapes
    Simard, M. and Hensley, S. and Lavalle, M. and Dubayah, R. and Pinto, N. and Hofton, M.  Remote Sensing  4  975--986  2012
  18. Assessment of shuttle radar topographic mission performance over the Kuwait desert terrain
    Rao, K. S. and Al Jassar, H. K.  Journal of Applied Remote Sensing  6  063504-1-063504-11  2012
  19. Toward an Optimal Algorithm for LiDAR Waveform Decomposition
    Qin, Y. and Vu, T. T. and Ban, Y.  Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE  9  482 -486  2012
  20. Range determination for generating point clouds from airborne small footprint LiDAR waveforms
    Qin, Y. and Vu, T. T. and Ban, Y. and Niu, Z.  Optics Express  20  25935--25947  2012
  21. Using InSAR Coherence to Map Stand Age in a Boreal Forest
    Pinto, N. and Simard, M. and Dubayah, R.  Remote Sensing  5  42--56  2012
  22. Combined Use of Airborne Lidar and DBInSAR Data to Estimate LAI in Temperate Mixed Forests
    Peduzzi, A. and Wynne, R. H. and Thomas, V. A. and Nelson, R. F. and Reis, J. J. and Sanford, M.  Remote Sensing  4  1758--1780  2012
  23. Addressing the Effects of Canopy Structure on the Remote Sensing of Foliar Chemistry of a 3-Dimensional, Radiometrically Porous Surface
    Niemann, K. O. and Quinn, G. and Goodenough, D. G. and Visintini, F. and Loos, R.  Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of  5  584 -593  2012
  24. Crustal uplift due to ice mass variability on Upernavik Isstrom, west Greenland
    Nielsen, K. and Khan, S. A. and Korsgaard, N. J. and Kjaer, K. H. and Wahr, J. and Bevis, M. and Stearns, L. A. and Timm, L. H.  Earth and Planetary Science Letters  353 - 354  182 - 189  2012
  25. Estimation of tree heights using remote sensing data and an Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations (ASRL) model
    Ni, X. and Shi, Y. and Choi, S. and Cao, C. and Myneni, R. B.      7248 -7251  2012
  26. Integrating Local and Global Error Statistics for Multi-Scale RBF Network Training: An Assessment on Remote Sensing Data
    Mountrakis, G. and Zhuang, W.  PLoS One  7    Aug 2012
  27. Terrain slope calculation from waveform of airborne LiDAR
    Li, X. and Xu, L. and Wang, C.      6259 -6262  2012
  28. Slope estimations in forest area from waveform and DEM
    Li, X. and Li, D. and Xu, L.      6255 -6258  2012
  29. Demonstration of repeat-pass POLINSAR using UAVSAR: The RMOG model
    Lavalle, M. and Hensley, S.      5876 -5879  2012
  30. Hyperspectral remote sensing of foliar nitrogen content
    Knyazikhin, Y. and Schull, M. A. and Stenberg, P. and Mõttus, M. and Rautiainen, M. and Yang, Y. and Marshak, A. and Carmona, P. L. and Kaufmann, R. K. and Lewis, P. and others  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences      2012
  31. Extraction of Features From LIDAR Waveform Data for Characterizing Forest Structure
    Jung, J. and Crawford, M. M.  Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE  9  492 -496  2012
  32. Seasonal to decadal scale variations in the surface velocity of Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland: Observation and model-based analysis
    Joughin, I. and Smith, B. E. and Howat, I. M. and Floricioiu, D. and Alley, R. B. and Truffer, M. and Fahnestock, M.  J. Geophys. Res.  117  F02030  2012
  33. Quantifying aboveground forest carbon pools and fluxes from repeat LiDAR surveys
    Hudak, A. T. and Strand, E. K. and Vierling, L. A. and Byrne, J. C. and Eitel, J. U. H. and Martinuzzi, S. and Falkowski, M. J.  Remote Sensing of Environment  123  25--40  2012
  34. Mapping forest above-ground biomass and its changes from LVIS waveform data
    Huang, W. and Sun, G. and Dubayah, R. and Zhang, Z. and Ni, W.      6561 -6564  2012
  35. Some first polarimetric-interferometric multi-baseline and tomographic results at Harvard forest using UAVSAR
    Hensley, S. and Michel, T. and Nuemann, M. and Lavalle, M. and Muellerschoen, R. and Chapman, B. and Jones, C. and Ahmed, R. and Lombardini, F. and Siqueira, P.      5202 -5205  2012
  36. Multi-baseline UAVSAR repeat pass data of the harvard forest
    Hensley, S. and Michel, T. and Neumann, M. and Lavalle, M. and Ahmed, R. and Muellerschoen, R. and Chapman, B. and Oveisgharan, S. and Jones, C. and Lombardini, F. and Siqueira, P.  Synthetic Aperture Radar, 2012. EUSAR. 9th European Conference on    109 -112  2012
  37. Application of Semi-Automated Filter to Improve Waveform Lidar Sub-Canopy Elevation Model
    Fricker, G. A. and Saatchi, S. S. and Meyer, V. and Gillespie, T. W. and Sheng, Y.  Remote Sensing  4  1494--1518  2012
  38. Hierarchical Bayesian spatial models for predicting multiple forest variables using waveform LiDAR, hyperspectral imagery, and large inventory datasets
    Finley, A. O. and Banerjee, S. and Cook, B. D. and Bradford, J. B.  International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation      2012
  39. Forest Canopy Cover and Height From MISR in Topographically Complex Southwestern US Landscapes Assessed With High Quality Reference Data
    Chopping, M. and North, M. and Chen, J. and Schaaf, C. B. and Blair, J. B. and Martonchik, J. V. and Bull, M. A.  Ieee Journal of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing  5  44--58  2012
  40. Integration of airborne lidar and vegetation types derived from aerial photography for mapping aboveground live biomass
    Chen, Q. and Vaglio Laurin, G. and Battles, J. J. and Saah, D.  Remote Sensing of Environment  121  108--117  2012
  41. LIDAR remote sensing for secondary Tropical Dry Forest identification
    Castillo, M. and Rivard, B. and Sánchez-Azofeifa, A. and Calvo-Alvarado, J. and Dubayah, R.  Remote Sensing of Environment  121  132--143  2012
  42. Multivariate Spatial Regression Models for Predicting Individual Tree Structure Variables Using LiDAR Data
    Babcock, C. and Matney, J. and Finley, A. O. and Weiskittel, A. and Cook, B. D.  Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of  PP  1 -9  2012
  43. Accuracy of biomass and structure estimates from radar and lidar
    Ahmed, R.  Electronic Doctoral Dissertations for UMass Amherst    1--230  2012
  44. Measuring effective leaf area index, foliage profile, and stand height in New England forest stands using a full-waveform ground-based lidar
    Zhao, F. and Yang, X. and Schull, M. A. and Roman-Colon, M. O. and Yao, T. and Wang, Z. and Zhang, Q. and Jupp, D. L. B. and Lovell, J. L. and Culvenor, D. S. and Newnham, G. J. and Richardson, A. D. and Ni-Meister, W. and Schaaf, C. L. and Woodcock, C. E. and Strahler, A. H.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2954--2964  2011
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    2011 LVIS Related Publications

  45. Biomass retrieval based on polarimetric target decomposition
    Zhang, Z. and Wang, Y. and Sun, G. and Ni, W. and Huang, W. and Zhang, L.      1942-1945  2011
  46. Measuring forest structure and biomass in New England forest stands using Echidna ground-based lidar
    Yao, T. and Yang, X. and Zhao, F. and Wang, Z. and Zhang, Q. and Jupp, D. and Lovell, J. and Culvenor, D. and Newnham, G. and Ni-Meister, W. and Schaaf, C. and Woodcock, C. and Wang, J. and Li, X. and Strahler, A.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2965--2974  2011
  47. Assessment of the impacts of surface topography, off-nadir pointing and vegetation structure on vegetation lidar waveforms using an extended geometric optical and radiative transfer model
    Yang, W. and Ni-Meister, W. and Lee, S.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2810--2822  2011
  48. Retrieval of canopy height using moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) data
    Wang, Z. and Schaaf, C. B. and Lewis, P. and Knyazikhin, Y. and Schull, M. A. and Strahler, A. H. and Yao, T. and Myneni, R. B. and Chopping, M. J. and Blair, B. J.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  1595--1601  2011
  49. Mapping biomass and stress in the Sierra Nevada using lidar and hyperspectral data fusion
    Swatantran, A. and Dubayah, R. and Roberts, D. and Hofton, M. and Blair, J. B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2917--2930  2011
  50. Forest biomass mapping from lidar and radar synergies
    Sun, G. and Ranson, K. J. and Guo, Z. and Zhang, Z. and Montesano, P. and Kimes, D.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2906--2916  2011
  51. Impact of spatial variability of tropical forest structure on radar estimation of aboveground biomass
    Saatchi, S. and Marlier, M. and Chazdon, R. L. and Clark, D. B. and Russell, A. E.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2836--2849  2011
  52. Satellite lidar vs. small footprint airborne lidar: Comparing the accuracy of aboveground biomass estimates and forest structure metrics at footprint level
    Popescu, S. C. and Zhao, K. and Neuenschwander, A. and Lin, C.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2786--2797  2011
  53. Impact of footprint diameter and off-nadir pointing on the precision of canopy height estimates from spaceborne lidar
    Pang, Y. and Lefsky, M. and Sun, G. and Ranson, J.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2798--2809  2011
  54. Estimating aboveground biomass in forest and oil palm plantation in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo using ALOS PALSAR data
    Morel, A. C. and Saatchi, S. S. and Malhi, Y. and Berry, N. J. and Banin, L. and Burslem, D. and Nilus, R. and Ong, R. C.  Forest Ecology and Management  262  1786--1798  2011
  55. Prediction of L-band signal attenuation in forests using 3D vegetation structure from airborne LiDAR
    Liu, P.-W. and Lee, H. and Judge, J. and Wright, W. C. and Clint Slatton, K.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  66  642--651  2011
  56. Modeling the height of young forests regenerating from recent disturbances in Mississippi using Landsat and ICESat data
    Li, A. and Huang, C. and Sun, G. and Shi, H. and Toney, C. and Zhu, Z. and Rollins, M. G. and Goward, S. N. and Masek, J. G.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  1837--1849  2011
  57. Modeling forest songbird species richness using LiDAR-derived measures of forest structure
    Lesak, A. A. and Radeloff, V. C. and Hawbaker, T. J. and Pidgeon, A. M. and Gobakken, T. and Contrucci, K.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2823--2835  2011
  58. Alternate spatial sampling approaches for ecosystem structure inventory using spaceborne lidar
    Lefsky, M. A. and Ramond, T. and Weimer, C. S.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  1361--1368  2011
  59. Physically based vertical vegetation structure retrieval from ICESat data: Validation using LVIS in White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, USA
    Lee, S. and Ni-Meister, W. and Yang, W. and Chen, Q.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2776--2785  2011
  60. Canopy spectral invariants. Part 1: A new concept in remote sensing of vegetation
    Knyazikhin, Y. and Schull, M. A. and Xu, L. and Myneni, R. B. and Samanta, A.  Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer  112  727--735  2011
  61. A threshold insensitive method for locating the forest canopy top with waveform lidar
    Hancock, S. and Disney, M. and Muller, J.-P. and Lewis, P. and Foster, M.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  3286--3297  2011
  62. Characterizing 3D vegetation structure from space: Mission requirements
    Hall, F. G. and Bergen, K. and Blair, J. B. and Dubayah, R. and Houghton, R. and Hurtt, G. and Kellndorfer, J. and Lefsky, M. and Ranson, J. and Saatchi, S. and Shugart, H. H. and Wickland, D.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2753--2775  2011
  63. Laser altimetry sampling strategies over sea ice
    Farrell, S. L. and Markus, T. and Kwok, R. and Connor, L.  Annals of Glaciology  52  69--76  2011
  64. Estimation of tropical rain forest aboveground biomass with small-footprint lidar and hyperspectral sensors
    Clark, M. L. and Roberts, D. A. and Ewel, J. J. and Clark, D. B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2931--2942  2011
  65. Forest structure and aboveground biomass in the southwestern United States from MODIS and MISR
    Chopping, M. and Schaaf, C. B. and Zhao, F. and Wang, Z. and Nolin, A. W. and Moisen, G. G. and Martonchik, J. V. and Bull, M.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2943--2953  2011
  66. CANAPI: canopy analysis with panchromatic imagery
    Chopping, M.  Remote Sensing Letters  2  21--29  2011
  67. Delineation of secondary succession mechanisms for tropical dry forests using LiDAR
    Castillo-Núñez, M. and Sánchez-Azofeifa, G. A. and Croitoru, A. and Rivard, B. and Calvo-Alvarado, J. and Dubayah, R. O.  Remote Sensing of Environment  115  2217--2231  2011
  68. Use of waveform lidar and hyperspectral sensors to assess selected spatial and structural patterns associated with recent and repeat disturbance and the abundance of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) in a temperate mixed hardwood and conifer forest
    Anderson, J. E. and Ducey, M. J. and Fast, A. and Martin, M. E. and Lepine, L. and Smith, M.-L. and Lee, T. D. and Dubayah, R. O. and Hofton, M. A. and Hyde, P. and Peterson, B. E. and Blair, J. B.  Journal of Applied Remote Sensing  5  053504  2011
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    2010 LVIS Related Publications

  69. An improved method for estimating forest canopy height using ICESat-GLAS full waveform data over sloping terrain: A case study in Changbai mountains, China
    Xing, Y. and de Gier, A. and Zhang, J. and Wang, L.  International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation  12  385--392  2010
  70. Canopy vertical structure using MODIS Bidirectional Reflectance data
    Wang, Z. and Schaaf, C. B. and Philip, L. and Knyazikhin, Y. and Schull, M. A. and Strahler, A. H. and Myneni, R. B. and Chopping, M.      1-4  2010
  71. Radiometric calibration of small-footprint full-waveform airborne laser scanner measurements: Basic physical concepts
    Wagner, W.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  65  505--513  2010
  72. Estimating spruce and pine biomass with interferometric X-band SAR
    Solberg, S. and Astrup, R. and Gobakken, T. and Næsset, E. and Weydahl, D. J.  Remote Sensing of Environment  114  2353--2360  2010
  73. Assessing general relationships between aboveground biomass and vegetation structure parameters for improved carbon estimate from lidar remote sensing
    Ni-Meister, W. and Lee, S. and Strahler, A. H. and Woodcock, C. E. and Schaaf, C. and Yao, T. and Ranson, K. J. and Sun, G. and Blair, J. B.  Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences  115  G00E11  2010
  74. Statistical fusion of lidar, InSAR, and optical remote sensing data for forest stand height characterization: A regional-scale method based on LVIS, SRTM, Landsat ETM plus , and ancillary data sets
    Kellndorfer, J. M. and Walker, W. S. and LaPoint, E. and Kirsch, K. and Bishop, J. and Fiske, G.  Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences  115  G00E08  2010
  75. Lidar remote sensing variables predict breeding habitat of a Neotropical migrant bird
    Goetz, S. J. and Steinberg, D. and Betts, M. G. and Holmes, R. T. and Doran, P. J. and Dubayah, R. and Hofton, M.  Ecology  91  1569--1576  2010
  76. Estimating forest canopy height and terrain relief from GLAS waveform metrics
    Duncanson, L. I. and Niemann, K. O. and Wulder, M. A.  Remote Sensing of Environment  114  138--154  2010
  77. Estimation of tropical forest height and biomass dynamics using lidar remote sensing at La Selva, Costa Rica
    Dubayah, R. O. and Sheldon, S. L. and Clark, D. B. and Hofton, M. A. and Blair, J. B. and Hurtt, G. C. and Chazdon, R. L.  Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences  115  G00E09  2010
  78. Simulating the impact of discrete-return lidar system and survey characteristics over young conifer and broadleaf forests
    Disney, M. I. and Kalogirou, V. and Lewis, P. and Prieto-Blanco, A. and Hancock, S. and Pfeifer, M.  Remote Sensing of Environment  114  1546--1560  2010
  79. Retrieving vegetation height of forests and woodlands over mountainous areas in the Pacific Coast region using satellite laser altimetry
    Chen, Q.  Remote Sensing of Environment  114  1610--1627  2010
  80. Assessment of terrain elevation derived from satellite laser altimetry over mountainous forest areas using airborne lidar data
    Chen, Q.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  65  111-122  2010
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    2009 LVIS Related Publications

  81. Vegetation profiles in tropical forests from multibaseline interferometric synthetic aperture radar, field, and lidar measurements
    Treuhaft, R. N. and Chapman, B. D. and dos Santos, J. R. and Goncalves, F. G. and Dutra, L. V. and Graca, P. M. L. A. and Drake, J. B.  Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres  114  D23110  2009
  82. Mapping LAI in a Norway spruce forest using airborne laser scanning
    Solberg, S. and Brunner, A. and Hanssen, K. H. and Lange, H. and Næsset, E. and Rautiainen, M. and Stenberg, P.  Remote Sensing of Environment  113  2317--2327  2009
  83. Estimating Siberian timber volume using MODIS and ICESat/GLAS
    Nelson, R. and Ranson, K. J. and Sun, G. and Kimes, D. S. and Kharuk, V. and Montesano, P.  Remote Sensing of Environment  113  691--701  2009
  84. Assessing forest structural and physiological information content of multi-spectral LiDAR waveforms by radiative transfer modelling
    Morsdorf, F. and Nichol, C. and Malthus, T. and Woodhouse, I. H.  Remote Sensing of Environment  113  2152--2163  2009
  85. Full-waveform topographic lidar: State-of-the-art
    Mallet, C. and Bretar, F.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  64  1--16  2009
  86. Comparative analysis of SRTM-NED vegetation canopy height to LIDAR-derived vegetation canopy metrics
    Kenyi, L. W. and Dubayah, R. and Hofton, M. and Schardt, M.  International Journal of Remote Sensing  30  2797--2811  2009
  87. Forest canopy height from the Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) assessed with high resolution discrete return lidar
    Chopping, M. and Nolin, A. and Moisen, G. G. and Martonchik, J. V. and Bull, M.  Remote Sensing of Environment  113  2172--2185  2009
  88. Remote sensing of vegetation 3-D structure for biodiversity and habitat: Review and implications for lidar and radar spaceborne missions
    Bergen, K. M. and Goetz, S. J. and Dubayah, R. O. and Henebry, G. M. and Hunsaker, C. T. and Imhoff, M. L. and Nelson, R. F. and Parker, G. G. and Radeloff, V. C.  JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES  114    2009
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    2008 LVIS Related Publications

  89. Using lidar data and a height-structured ecosystem model to estimate forest carbon stocks and fluxes over mountainous terrain
    Thomas, R. Q. and Hurtt, G. C. and Dubayah, R. and Schilz, M. H.  Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing  34  S351-S363  2008
  90. Forest vertical structure from GLAS: An evaluation using LVIS and SRTM data
    Sun, G. and Ranson, K. J. and Kimes, D. S. and Blair, J. B. and Kovacs, K.  REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT  112  107-117  2008
  91. A voxel-based lidar method for estimating crown base height for deciduous and pine trees
    Popescu, S. C. and Zhao, K.  Remote Sensing of Environment  112  767--781  2008
  92. Modeling the hemispherical scanning, below-canopy lidar and vegetation structure characteristics with a geometric-optical and radiative-transfer model
    Ni-Meister, W. and Strahler, A. H. and Woodcock, C. E. and Schaaf, C. B. and Jupp, D. L. B. and Yao, T. and Zhao, F. and Yang, X.  Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing  34  S385--S397  2008
  93. Global environmental priorities: making sense of remote sensing: Reply to TREE Letter: Satellites miss environmental priorities by Loarie et al. (2007)
    Kark, S. and Levin, N. and Phinn, S.  Trends in Ecology & Evolution  23  181--182  2008
  94. Assessing the performance of 20-25 m footprint waveform lidar data collected in ICESat data corridors in Greenland
    Hofton, M. A. and Blair, J. B. and Luthcke, S. B. and Rabine, D. L.  Geophysical Research Letters  35  L24501  2008
  95. The Potential of Combined Lidar and SAR Data in Retrieving Forest Parameters using Model Analysis
    Guo, Z. and Sun, G. and Ranson, K. J. and Ni, W. and Qin, W.    5  V - 542-V - 545  2008
  96. Integrating waveform lidar with hyperspectral imagery for inventory of a northern temperate forest
    Anderson, J. E. and Plourde, L. C. and Martin, M. E. and Braswell, B. H. and Smith, M.-L. and Dubayah, R. O. and Hofton, M. A. and Blair, J. B.  REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT  112  1856-1870  2008
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    2007 LVIS Related Publications

  97. Resolution enhancement by interpixel interference elimination
    Wu, J. and Trivedi, M. M.  Journal of Electronic Imaging  16  013001  2007
  98. Forest canopy recovery from the 1938 hurricane and subsequent salvage damage measured with airborne LiDAR
    Weishampel, J. F. and Drake, J. B. and Cooper, A. and Blair, J. B. and Hofton, M.  Remote Sensing of Environment  109  142--153  2007
  99. Physical interpretation of the correlation between multi-angle spectral data and canopy height
    Schull, M. A. and Ganguly, S. and Samanta, A. and Huang, D. and Shabanov, N. V. and Jenkins, J. P. and Chiu, J. C. and Marshak, A. and Blair, J. B. and Myneni, R. B. and Knyazikhin, Y.  Geophysical Research Letters  34  L18405  2007
  100. A LiDAR-derived canopy density model for tree stem and crown mapping in Australian forests
    Lee, A. C. and Lucas, R. M.  Remote Sensing of Environment  111  493--518  2007
  101. Fusion of imaging spectrometer and LIDAR data over combined radiative transfer models for forest canopy characterization
    Koetz, B. and Sun, G. and Morsdorf, F. and Ranson, K. J. and Kneubühler, M. and Itten, K. and Allgöwer, B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  106  449--459  2007
  102. Development of a simulation model to predict LiDAR interception in forested environments
    Goodwin, N. R. and Coops, N. C. and Culvenor, D. S.  Remote Sensing of Environment  111  481--492  2007
  103. Laser remote sensing of canopy habitat heterogeneity as a predictor of bird species richness in an eastern temperate forest, USA
    Goetz, S. and Steinberg, D. and Dubayah, R. and Blair, B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  108  254--263  2007
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    2006 LVIS Related Publications

  104. Gaussian decomposition and calibration of a novel small-footprint full-waveform digitising airborne laser scanner
    Wagner, W. and Ullrich, A. and Ducic, V. and Melzer, T. and Studnicka, N.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  60  100--112  2006
  105. LiDAR measurement of sagebrush steppe vegetation heights
    Streutker, D. R. and Glenn, N. F.  Remote Sensing of Environment  102  135--145  2006
  106. Predicting lidar measured forest vertical structure from multi-angle spectral data
    Kimes, D. and Ranson, K. and Sun, G. and Blair, J.  REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT  100  503-511  2006
  107. Mapping forest structure for wildlife habitat analysis using multi-sensor (LiDAR, SAR/InSAR, ETM+, Quickbird) synergy
    Hyde, P. and Dubayah, R. and Walker, W. and Blair, J. B. and Hofton, M. and Hunsaker, C.  Remote Sensing of Environment  102  63--73  2006
  108. Validation of SRTM elevations over vegetated and non-vegetated terrain using medium footprint lidar
    Hofton, M. and Dubayah, R. and Blair, J. and Rabine, D.  Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing  72  279--285  2006
  109. Quantifying recent pyroclastic and lava flows at Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica, using medium-footprint lidar
    Hofton, M. A. and Malavassi, E. and Blair, J. B.  Geophysical Research Letters  33  L21306  2006
  110. The use of waveform lidar to measure northern temperate mixed conifer and deciduous forest structure in New Hampshire
    Anderson, J. and Martin, M. E. and Smith, M.-L. and Dubayah, R. O. and Hofton, M. A. and Hyde, P. and Peterson, B. E. and Blair, J. B. and Knox, R. G.  Remote Sensing of Environment  105  248--261  2006
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    2005 LVIS Related Publications

  111. Quality of TOPSAR topographic data for volcanology studies at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: An assessment using airborne lidar data
    Mouginis-Mark, P. J. and Garbeil, H.  Remote Sensing of Environment  96  149--164  2005
  112. Patterns of covariance between forest stand and canopy structure in the Pacific Northwest
    Lefsky, M. A. and Hudak, A. T. and Cohen, W. B. and Acker, S. A.  Remote Sensing of Environment  95  517--531  2005
  113. Geographic variability in lidar predictions of forest stand structure in the Pacific Northwest
    Lefsky, M. A. and Hudak, A. T. and Cohen, W. B. and Acker, S. A.  Remote Sensing of Environment  95  532--548  2005
  114. Mapping forest structure for wildlife habitat analysis using waveform lidar: Validation of montane ecosystems
    Hyde, P. and Dubayah, R. and Peterson, B. and Blair, J. B. and Hofton, M. and Hunsaker, C. and Knox, R. and Walker, W.  Remote Sensing of Environment  96  427--437  2005
  115. Global biomass mapping for an improved understanding of the CO2 balance---the Earth observation mission Carbon-3D
    Hese, S. and Lucht, W. and Schmullius, C. and Barnsley, M. and Dubayah, R. and Knorr, D. and Neumann, K. and Riedel, T. and Schröter, K.  Remote Sensing of Environment  94  94--104  2005
  116. Estimating stand structure using discrete-return lidar: an example from low density, fire prone ponderosa pine forests
    Hall, S. A. and Burke, I. C. and Box, D. O. and Kaufmann, M. R. and Stoker, J. M.  Forest Ecology and Management  208  189--209  2005
  117. The value of multiangle measurements for retrieving structurally and radiatively consistent properties of clouds, aerosols, and surfaces
    Diner, D. J. and Braswell, B. H. and Davies, R. and Gobron, N. and Hu, J. and Jin, Y. and Kahn, R. A. and Knyazikhin, Y. and Loeb, N. and Muller, J.-P. and Nolin, A. W. and Pinty, B. and Schaaf, C. B. and Seiz, G. and Stroeve, J.  Remote Sensing of Environment  97  495--518  2005
  118. Hyperspectral discrimination of tropical rain forest tree species at leaf to crown scales
    Clark, M. L. and Roberts, D. A. and Clark, D. B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  96  375--398  2005
  119. Estimating forest biomass using small footprint LiDAR data: An individual tree-based approach that incorporates training data
    Bortolot, Z. J. and Wynne, R. H.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  59  342--360  2005
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    2004 LVIS Related Publications

  120. LIDAR-based geometric reconstruction of boreal type forest stands at single tree level for forest and wildland fire management
    Morsdorf, F. and Meier, E. and Kötz, B. and Itten, K. I. and Dobbertin, M. and Allgöwer, B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  92  353--362  2004
  121. Lidar remote sensing for modeling gross primary production of deciduous forests
    Kotchenova, S. Y. and Song, X. and Shabanov, N. V. and Potter, C. S. and Knyazikhin, Y. and Myneni, R. B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  92  158--172  2004
  122. Beyond potential vegetation: combining lidar data and a height-structured model for carbon studies
    Hurtt, G. and Dubayah, R. and Drake, J. and Moorcroft, P. and Pacala, S. and Blair, J. and Fearon, M.  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS  14  873-883  2004
  123. Small-footprint lidar estimation of sub-canopy elevation and tree height in a tropical rain forest landscape
    Clark, M. L. and Clark, D. B. and Roberts, D. A.  Remote Sensing of Environment  91  68--89  2004
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    2003 LVIS Related Publications

  124. Remote sensing for biodiversity science and conservation
    Turner, W. and Spector, S. and Gardiner, N. and Fladeland, M. and Sterling, E. and Steininger, M.  Trends in Ecology \& Evolution  18  306--314  2003
  125. Validation of surface height from shuttle radar topography mission using shuttle laser altimeter
    Sun, G. and Ranson, K. J. and Kharuk, V. I. and Kovacs, K.  Remote Sensing of Environment  88  401--411  2003
  126. A review of remote sensing technology in support of the Kyoto Protocol
    Rosenqvist, Å. and Milne, A. and Lucas, R. and Imhoff, M. and Dobson, C.  Environmental Science \& Policy  6  441--455  2003
  127. Comparing and classifying one-dimensional spatial patterns: an application to laser altimeter profiles
    Ollier, S. and Chessel, D. and Couteron, P. and Pélissier, R. and Thioulouse, J.  Remote Sensing of Environment  85  453--462  2003
  128. Modeling lidar waveforms with time-dependent stochastic radiative transfer theory for remote estimations of forest structure
    Kotchenova, S. and Shabanov, N. and Knyazikhin, Y. and Davis, A. and Dubayah, R. and Myneni, R.  JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES  108    2003
  129. Above-ground biomass estimation in closed canopy Neotropical forests using lidar remote sensing: factors affecting the generality of relationships
    Drake, J. and Knox, R. and Dubayah, R. and Clark, D. and Condit, R. and Blair, J. and Hofton, M.  Global Ecology and Biogeography  12  147--159  2003
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    2002 LVIS Related Publications

  130. Enhanced geolocation of spaceborne laser altimeter surface returns: parameter calibration from the simultaneous reduction of altimeter range and navigation tracking data
    Luthcke, S. B. and Carabajal, C. C. and Rowlands, D. D.  Journal of Geodynamics  34  447--475  2002
  131. Lidar Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Studies
    LEFSKY, M. A. and COHEN, W. B. and PARKER, G. G. and HARDING, D. J.  BioScience  52  19--30  2002
  132. Validation of Vegetation Canopy Lidar sub-canopy topography measurements for a dense tropical forest
    Hofton, M. and Rocchio, L. and Blair, J. and Dubayah, R.  Journal of Geodynamics  34  491--502  2002
  133. Laser altimeter return pulse correlation: a method for detecting surface topographic change
    Hofton, M. A. and Blair, J. B.  Journal of Geodynamics  34  477--489  2002
  134. Sensitivity of large-footprint lidar to canopy structure and biomass in a neotropical rainforest
    Drake, J. B. and Dubayah, R. O. and Knox, R. G. and Clark, D. B. and Blair, J. B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  81  378--392  2002
  135. Estimation of tropical forest structural characteristics using large-footprint lidar
    Drake, J. B. and Dubayah, R. O. and Clark, D. B. and Knox, R. G. and Blair, J. B. and Hofton, M. A. and Chazdon, R. L. and Weishampel, J. F. and Prince, S.  Remote Sensing of Environment  79  305--319  2002
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    2001 LVIS Related Publications

  136. Modeling lidar waveforms in heterogeneous and discrete canopies
    Ni-Meister, W. and Jupp, D. L. B. and Dubayah, R.  Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on  39  1943 -1958  2001
  137. Laser altimeter canopy height profiles: methods and validation for closed-canopy, broadleaf forests
    Harding, D. J. and Lefsky, M. A. and Parker, G. G. and Blair, J. B.  Remote Sensing of Environment  76  283--297  2001
  138. Image processing of airborne scanning laser altimetry data for improved river flood modelling
    Cobby, D. M. and Mason, D. C. and Davenport, I. J.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  56  121--138  2001
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    2000 LVIS Related Publications

  139. Volumetric lidar return patterns from an old-growth tropical rainforest canopy
    Weishampel, J. and Blair, J. and Knox, R. and Dubayah, R. and Clark, D.  International Journal of Remote Sensing  21  409--415  2000
  140. Decomposition of laser altimeter waveforms
    Hofton, M. and Minster, J. and Blair, J.  Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing  38  1989--1996  2000
  141. An airborne scanning laser altimetry survey of Long Valley, California
    Hofton, M. and Blair, J. and Minster, J. and Ridgway, J. and Williams, N. and Bufton, J. and Rabine, D.  International Journal of Remote Sensing  21  2413--2437  2000
  142. Land surface characterization using lidar remote sensing
    Dubayah, R. and Knox, R. and Hofton, M. and Blair, J. B. and Drake, J.  Spatial information for land use management    25--38  2000
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    1999 LVIS Related Publications

  143. Lidar Remote Sensing of the Canopy Structure and Biophysical Properties of Douglas-Fir Western Hemlock Forests
    Lefsky, M. A. and Cohen, W. B. and Acker, S. A. and Parker, G. G. and Spies, T. A. and Harding, D.  Remote Sensing of Environment  70  339--361  1999
  144. The Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor: a medium-altitude, digitisation-only, airborne laser altimeter for mapping vegetation and topography
    Blair, J. and Rabine, D. and Hofton, M.  Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  54  115--122  1999
  145. Modeling laser altimeter return waveforms over complex vegetation using high-resolution elevation data
    Blair, J. and Hofton, M.  Geophysical Research Letters  26  2509--2512  1999
  146. Airborne laser scanning: existing systems and firms and other resources
    Baltsavias, E. P.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  54  164--198  1999
  147. A comparison between photogrammetry and laser scanning
    Baltsavias, E. P.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  54  83--94  1999
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