International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

In 2021 a joint initiative of Belgium and The Netherlands

TU4.O-9: Quantifying Tropical Forest Functional Variables over Large Areas
Tue, 13 Jul, 14:40 - 16:10 (UTC)
Tue, 13 Jul, 16:40 - 18:10 Central Europe Summer Time (UTC +2)
Tue, 13 Jul, 22:40 - 00:10 China Standard Time (UTC +8)
Tue, 13 Jul, 10:40 - 12:10 Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4)
Session Co-Chairs: Pierre Defourny, UCLouvain-Geomatics and Matthew Hansen, University of Maryland
Session Manager: Thimm Zwiener
Track: Invited Sessions

TU4.O-9.1: Multi-Decadal Annual Land Cover Dynamics and Forest Disturbance in the Brazilian Amazon Biome

Carlos Jr Souza, Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (Imazon), Brazil; Luis Jr. Oliveira, Antônio V. Fonseca, Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia, Brazil

TU4.O-9.3: TROPICAL FOREST CANOPY STRUCTURE AND CHANGE ASSESSMENT USING LANDSAT, GEDI, AND AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA

Peter Potapov, Xinyuan Li, Andres Hernandez-Serna, Svetlana Turubanova, Alexandra Tyukavina, Matthew Hansen, Hao Tang, University of Maryland, United States; Quyen Hanh Nguyen, SERVIR-Mekong, Thailand

TU4.O-9.4: FOREST ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS ESTIMATION WITH GEDI AND ICESAT-2 IN BOREAL FORESTS

Laura Duncanson, University of Maryland College Park, United States; Amy Neuenschwander, University of Texas at Austin, United States; Carlos Alberto Silva, University of Maryland College Park, United States; Paul Montesano, SSAI / NASA GSFC, United States; Eric Guenther, University of Texas at Austin, United States; Nathan Thomas, ESSIC, University of Maryland / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States; Steven Hancock, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; David Minor, University of Maryland College Park, United Kingdom; Joanne White, Mike Wulder, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Canada; John Armston, University of Maryland College Park, United States

TU4.O-9.5: CHARACTERIZING THE CONGO BASIN FORESTS BY A DETAILED FOREST TYPOLOGY ENRICHED WITH FOREST BIOPHYSICAL VARIABLES

Juliette Dalimier, Martin Claverie, Benjamin Goffart, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium; Quentin Jungers, Observatoire des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale, Belgium; Céline Lamarche, Thomas De Maet, Pierre Defourny, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

TU4.O-9.6: USING EXPERIMENTAL SITES IN TROPICAL FORESTS TO TEST THE ABILITY OF OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING TO DETECT FOREST DEGRADATION AT 0.3 – 30 M RESOLUTIONS

Chiara Aquino, Edward Mitchard, Iain McNicol, Harry Carstairs, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Andrew Burt, University College London, United Kingdom; Beisit Luz Puma Vilca, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Peru; Mathias Disney, University College London, United Kingdom