Influence of the airborne lidar pulse density on biomass change prediction in tropical forest

Carlos Alberto Silva1, Andrew T Hudak2, Lee Alexander Vierling1, Carine Klauberg Silva2, Antonio Ferraz3, Mariano Garcia Alonso3, Michael Maier Keller4 and Sassan S Saatchi3, (1)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States, (2)USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)US Forest Service San Juan, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, San Juan, PR, United States