An Assessment of Differences in Tree Cover Measurements between Landsat and Lidar-derived Products

Hao Tang1, Xiao-Peng Song2, John David Armston1, Steven Hancock1, Laura Duncanson3, Feng Zhao1, Crystal Schaaf4, Alan H Strahler5, Chengquan Huang6, Matthew Hansen7, Scott J Goetz8 and Ralph Dubayah1, (1)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (2)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States, (5)Boston University, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston, United States, (6)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (7)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (8)Woods Hole Research Ctr, Falmouth, MA, United States