Simulation Study Based Analysis of the Statistical Properties of Biomass Estimators that use a Sample of GEDI Lidar Measurements

Paul L Patterson1, Sean P Healey2, Göran Ståhl3, Sören Holm4, Steen Magnussen5, Ralph Dubayah6, Steven Hancock6, Laura Duncanson7 and Hans-Erik Andersen8, (1)US Forest Service Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, United States, (3)Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Resource Management, Umeå, Sweden, (4)Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden, (5)Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada, (6)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (8)USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, WA, United States