B51C:
Forest Structure from Lidar: Getting and Using Structure to Monitor and Model Changes in Forest Ecosystem Functions and Services I Posters
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Session ID#: 12854
Session Description:
Information on forest canopy structure can be used to infer a forest’s carbon sequestration potential, its role in biodiversity, and model its functions in terms of carbon assimilation and evapotranspiration. Canopy structure also influences reflected solar radiation measured from satellite sensors used to map essential climate variables and leaf biochemistry. How we observe structure is being revolutionised with the advent of lidar (terrestrial, airborne and space flight systems). How we use structure information is also changing due to the 3D nature of data and upscaling capability across the different systems. We invite contributions investigating the use of lidar data to observe structure from plot to global scale, including research relating to the upcoming GEDI, MOLI and LEAF instruments, and how structure descriptors are used to monitor the carbon balance of forests, and in radiative transfer, biophysical, vegetation dynamics, or land surface models to predict changes in carbon and water cycling.
Primary Convener: Martin Beland, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Conveners: Hideki Kobayashi, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan and Steve Hancock, University of Maryland (UMCES CBL), Solomons, MD, United States
Chairs: Hideki Kobayashi, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, Steve Hancock, University of Maryland (UMCES CBL), Solomons, MD, United States and Martin Beland, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada
OSPA Liaison: Steve Hancock, University of Maryland (UMCES CBL), Solomons, MD, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Qin Ma1, Yanjun Su1, Shengli Tao2 and Qinghua Guo3, (1)University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States, (2)Peking University, Beijing, China, (3)University of California Merced, School of Engineering, Merced, CA, United States
Xiaoqian Zhao, IB Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Qinghua Guo, University of California Merced, School of Engineering, Merced, CA, United States, Yanjun Su, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States and Tianyu Hu, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Maiza Nara dos-Santos1, Michael Maier Keller2,3, Marcos Augusto Scaranello Sr1, Marcos Longo4 and Piotto Daniel5, (1)Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Embrapa Agricultural Informatics, Campinas, Brazil, (2)US Forest Service San Juan, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, San Juan, PR, United States, (3)EMBRAPA Brazilian Agricultural Research Corportation, Campinas, Brazil, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)Federal University of Southern Bahia, Itabuna, Brazil
Wei Yang, Chiba University, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, Hideki Kobayashi, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan and Akihiko Kondoh, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Marcos Augusto Scaranello Sr1, Michael Maier Keller2,3, Maiza Nara dos-Santos1, Marcos Longo4, Ekena Rangel Pinagé5 and Veronika Leitold6, (1)Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Embrapa Agricultural Informatics, Campinas, Brazil, (2)US Forest Service San Juan, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, San Juan, PR, United States, (3)EMBRAPA Brazilian Agricultural Research Corportation, Campinas, Brazil, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Temuulen Sankey1, Joel B Sankey2, Rene Horne3, Ashton Bedford3 and Laura Cagney3,4, (1)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (3)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (4)USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Jing Liu1,2, Tiejun Wang1, Andrew K Skidmore1 and Macro Heurich3, (1)University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, Netherlands, (2)RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, (3)Bavarian Forest National Park, Department of Conservation and Research, Grafenau, Germany
Kunxuan Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States and Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States
Wenlu Qi, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Ralph Dubayah, University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States and Seung-Kuk Lee, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea
Tan Zhou, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, Sorin C Popescu, Texas A&M University, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, College Station, United States and Keith Krause, NEON, Boulder, CO, United States
Craig Mahoney, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada and Chris Hopkinson, University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
