Regional forest biomass estimation using ICESat/GLAS spaceborne LiDAR

Masato Hayashi1, Nobuko Saigusa1, Borjigin Habura1, Yoshito Sawada2, Yoshiki Yamagata1, Takashi Hirano3 and Kazuhito Ichii1,4, (1)Nat Inst Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan, (2)NIES National Institute of Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan, (3)Hokkaido University, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Sapporo, Japan, (4)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Department of Environmental Geochemical Cycle Research, Kanagawa, Japan