References updated on March 21st 2016

    2016 LVIS Related Publications

  1. Characterizing leaf area index (LAI) and vertical foliage profile (VFP) over the United States
    Tang, H. and Ganguly, S. and Zhang, G. and Hofton, M. A. and Nelson, R. F. and Dubayah, R.  Biogeosciences  13  239--252  2016



    2. 2015 LVIS Related Publications

  2. Estimation of above-ground forest biomass using metrics based on Gaussian decomposition of waveform lidar data
    Zhuang, W. and Mountrakis, G. and Wiley Jr, J. J. and Beier, C. M.  International Journal of Remote Sensing  36  1871--1889  2015
  3. Arctic Sea Ice Freeboard Retrieval With Waveform Characteristics for NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) and Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS)
    Yi, D. and Harbeck, J. P. and Manizade, S. S. and Kurtz, N. T. and Studinger, M. and Hofton, M.  Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on  53  1403-1410  2015
  4. Reconciled freshwater flux into the Godthåbsfjord system from satellite and airborne remote sensing
    Simonsen, S. B. and Barletta, V. R. and Forsberg, R. and Sandberg Sørensen, L.  International Journal of Remote Sensing  36  361-374  2015
  5. Sensor Compatibility for Biomass Change Estimation Using Remote Sensing Data Sets: Part of NASA's Carbon Monitoring System Initiative
    Rosette, J. and Cook, B. and Nelson, R. and Huang, C. and Masek, J. and Tucker, C. and Sun, G. and Huang, W. and Montesano, P. and Rubio-Gil, J. and Ranson, J.  IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters  12  1511-1515  2015
  6. Characterization of ASTER GDEM elevation data over vegetated area compared with lidar data
    Ni, W. and Sun, G. and Ranson, K. J.  International Journal of Digital Earth  8  198--211  2015
  7. An Automatic Mosaicking Algorithm for the Generation of a Large-Scale Forest Height Map Using Spaceborne Repeat-Pass InSAR Correlation Magnitude
    Lei, Y. and Siqueira, P.  Remote Sensing  7  5639--5659  2015
  8. Combining Lidar and Synthetic Aperture Radar Data to Estimate Forest Biomass: Status and Prospects
    Kaasalainen, S. and Holopainen, M. and Karjalainen, M. and Vastaranta, M. and Kankare, V. and Karila, K. and Osmanoglu, B.  Forests  6  252--270  2015
  9. Basin-scale partitioning of Greenland ice sheet mass balance components (2007-2011)
    Andersen, M. L. and Stenseng, L. and Skourup, H. and Colgan, W. and Khan, S. A. and Kristensen, S. S. and Andersen, S. B. and Box, J. E. and Ahlstrom, A. P. and Fettweis, X. and Forsberg, R.  Earth and Planetary Science Letters  409  89 - 95  2015
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    2014 LVIS Related Publications

  10. Ground peak identification in dense shrub areas using large footprint waveform LiDAR and Landsat images
    Zhuang, W. and Mountrakis, G.  International Journal of Digital Earth  0  1-20  2014
  11. An accurate and computationally efficient algorithm for ground peak identification in large footprint waveform LiDAR data
    Zhuang, W. and Mountrakis, G.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  95  81 - 92  2014
  12. Forest Canopy Height Extraction in Rugged Areas With ICESat/GLAS Data
    Wang, X. and Huang, H. and Gong, P. and Liu, C. and Li, C. and Li, W.  Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on  52  4650-4657  2014
  13. Deriving and validating Leaf Area Index (LAI) at multiple spatial scales through lidar remote sensing: A case study in Sierra National Forest, CA
    Tang, H. and Brolly, M. and Zhao, F. and Strahler, A. H. and Schaaf, C. L. and Ganguly, S. and Zhang, G. and Dubayah, R.  Remote Sensing of Environment  143  131 - 141  2014
  14. Mass loss of the Amundsen Sea Embayment of West Antarctica from four independent techniques
    Sutterley, T. C. and Velicogna, I. and Rignot, E. and Mouginot, J. and Flament, T. and van den Broeke, M. R. and van Wessem, J. M. and Reijmer, C. H.  Geophysical Research Letters    n/a--n/a  2014
  15. Evaluating Greenland glacial isostatic adjustment corrections using GRACE, altimetry and surface mass balance data
    Sutterley, T. C. and Velicogna, I. and Csatho, B. and van den Broeke, M. and Rezvan-Behbahani, S. and Babonis, G.  Environmental Research Letters  9  014004  2014
  16. Multivariate statistical analysis of asynchronous lidar data and vegetation models in a neotropical forest
    Sullivan, F. B. and Palace, M. and Ducey, M.  Remote Sensing of Environment    -  2014
  17. Fusion of multi-sensor surface elevation data for improved characterization of rapidly changing outlet glaciers in Greenland
    Schenk, T. and Csatho, B. and van der Veen, C. and McCormick, D.  Remote Sensing of Environment  149  239 - 251  2014
  18. Application of Physically-Based Slope Correction for Maximum Forest Canopy Height Estimation Using Waveform Lidar across Different Footprint Sizes and Locations: Tests on LVIS and GLAS
    Park, T. and Kennedy, R. E. and Choi, S. and Wu, J. and Lefsky, M. A. and Bi, J. and Mantooth, J. A. and Myneni, R. B. and Knyazikhin, Y.  Remote Sensing  6  6566--6586  2014
  19. The Penetration Depth Derived from the Synthesis of ALOS/PALSAR InSAR Data and ASTER GDEM for the Mapping of Forest Biomass
    Ni, W. and Zhang, Z. and Sun, G. and Guo, Z. and He, Y.  Remote Sensing  6  7303--7319  2014
  20. Features of point clouds synthesized from multi-view ALOS/PRISM data and comparisons with LiDAR data in forested areas
    Ni, W. and Ranson, K. J. and Zhang, Z. and Sun, G.  Remote Sensing of Environment  149  47 - 57  2014
  21. Co-Registration of Two DEMs: Impacts on Forest Height Estimation From SRTM and NED at Mountainous Areas
    Ni, W. and Sun, G. and Zhang, Z. and Guo, Z. and He, Y.  Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE  11  273-277  2014
  22. The uncertainty of biomass estimates from LiDAR and SAR across a boreal forest structure gradient
    Montesano, P. M. and Nelson, R. F. and Dubayah, R. O. and Sun, G. and Cook, B. D. and Ranson, K. J. R. and Næsset, E. and Kharuk, V.  Remote Sensing of Environment    -  2014
  23. Estimation of forest height using spaceborne repeat-pass L-Band InSAR correlation magnitude over the US State of Maine
    Lei, Y. and Siqueira, P.  Remote Sensing  6  10252--10285  2014
  24. Sustained mass loss of the northeast Greenland ice sheet triggered by regional warming
    Khan, S. A. and Kjaer, K. H. and Bevis, M. and Bamber, J. L. and Wahr, J. and Kjeldsen, K. K. and Bjork, A. A. and Korsgaard, N. J. and Stearns, L. A. and van den Broeke, M. R. and Liu, L. and Larsen, N. K. and Muresan, I. S.  Nature Clim. Change  4  292--299  2014
  25. Regional-scale application of lidar: Variation in forest canopy structure across the southeastern \{US\}
    Hansen, A. J. and Phillips, L. B. and Dubayah, R. and Goetz, S. and Hofton, M.  Forest Ecology and Management  329  214 - 226  2014
  26. Bayesian hierarchical models for spatially misaligned data in R
    Finley, A. O. and Banerjee, S. and Cook, B. D.  Methods in Ecology and Evolution  5  514--523  2014
  27. Imaging Spectroscopy- and Lidar- derived Estimates of Canopy Composition and Structure to Improve Predictions of Forest Carbon Fluxes and Ecosystem Dynamics
    Antonarakis, A. S. and Munger, J. W. and Moorcroft, P. R.  Geophysical Research Letters    n/a--n/a  2014
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    2013 LVIS Related Publications

  28. A comparison of foliage profiles in the Sierra National Forest obtained with a full-waveform under-canopy EVI lidar system with the foliage profiles obtained with an airborne full-waveform LVIS lidar system
    Zhao, F. and Yang, X. and Strahler, A. H. and Schaaf, C. L. and Yao, T. and Wang, Z. and Román, M. O. and Woodcock, C. E. and Ni-Meister, W. and Jupp, D. L. and others  Remote Sensing of Environment  136  330--341  2013
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. Towards integration of GLAS into a national fuel mapping program
    Peterson, B. and Nelson, K. and Wylle, B.  Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing  79  175--183  2013
  32. Co-Registration of Two DEMs: Impacts on Forest Height Estimation from SRTM and NED at Mountainous Areas
    Ni, W. and Sun, G. and Zhang, Z. and Guo, Z. and He, Y.  IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters      2013
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. Remote Sensing of Coastal Wetland Biomass: An Overview
    Klemas, V.  Journal of Coastal Research      2013
  38. 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
  39. Recurring dynamically induced thinning during 1985 to 2010 on Upernavik Isstrøm, West Greenland
    Khan, S. A. and Kjær, K. H. and Korsgaard, N. J. and Wahr, J. and Joughin, I. R. and Timm, L. H. and Bamber, J. L. and van den Broeke, M. R. and Stearns, L. A. and Hamilton, G. S. and Csatho, B. M. and Nielsen, K. and Hurkmans, R. and Babonis, G.  Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface  118  111--121  2013
  40. 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
  41. Estimation of ICESat intercampaign elevation biases from comparison of lidar data in East Antarctica
    Hofton, M. A. and Luthcke, S. B. and Blair, J. B.  Geophysical Research Letters    n/a--n/a  2013
  42. 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
  43. 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

  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. Terrain slope calculation from waveform of airborne LiDAR
    Li, X. and Xu, L. and Wang, C.      6259 -6262  2012
  58. Slope estimations in forest area from waveform and DEM
    Li, X. and Li, D. and Xu, L.      6255 -6258  2012
  59. Demonstration of repeat-pass POLINSAR using UAVSAR: The RMOG model
    Lavalle, M. and Hensley, S.      5876 -5879  2012
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. Accuracy of biomass and structure estimates from radar and lidar
    Ahmed, R.  Electronic Doctoral Dissertations for UMass Amherst    1--230  2012
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    2011 LVIS Related Publications

  73. 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
  74. 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
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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
  79. 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
  80. 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
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. 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
  84. 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
  85. 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
  86. 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
  87. 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
  88. 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
  89. CANAPI: canopy analysis with panchromatic imagery
    Chopping, M.  Remote Sensing Letters  2  21--29  2011
  90. 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
  91. 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

  92. 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
  93. 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
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. 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
  97. 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
  98. 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

  99. 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
  100. 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
  101. Full-waveform topographic lidar: State-of-the-art
    Mallet, C. and Bretar, F.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  64  1--16  2009
  102. 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
  103. 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

  104. 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
  105. 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
  106. 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
  107. 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
  108. 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
  109. 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

  110. 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
  111. 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
  112. 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
  113. 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

  114. 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
  115. 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
  116. 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
  117. 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
  118. 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

  119. 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
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    2004 LVIS Related Publications

  120. 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
  121. 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
  122. 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

  123. 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
  124. 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
  125. 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
  126. 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

  127. 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
  128. 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
  129. 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
  130. 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
  131. 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

  132. Modeling lidar waveforms using a radiative transfer model
    Peterson, B. and Ni, W. and Blair, B. and Hofton, M. and Hyde, P. and Dubayah, R.  INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY REMOTE SENSING AND SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCES  34  121--124  2001
  133. 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
  134. 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
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    2000 LVIS Related Publications

  135. 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
  136. Decomposition of laser altimeter waveforms
    Hofton, M. and Minster, J. and Blair, J.  Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing  38  1989--1996  2000
  137. 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
  138. 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

  139. 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
  140. 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
  141. Airborne laser scanning: existing systems and firms and other resources
    Baltsavias, E. P.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing  54  164--198  1999
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