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SUMMARY:Forest biomass mapping and monitoring with NASA Lidars - Laura Inn
 ice Duncanson. University of Maryland
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DESCRIPTION:NASA currently has two active satellite lidar missions in orbi
 t that are collecting 3D Earth surface structure data\, GEDI and ICESat-2.
  The GEDI mission was launched in 2018 and has been collecting near-global
  forest height and structure measurements with a primary science goal of c
 onstraining the global carbon cycle. GEDI’s biomass products use simple 
 empirical models to translate lidar waveforms into estimates of forest abo
 veground biomass (carbon). GEDI’s products cover the full tropical and t
 emperate forests\, and ICESat-2 data has been recently used to extend this
  to fill the northern boreal data gap for circa 2020 global coverage. Simi
 lar statistical techniques have been used for ICESat-2 boreal biomass mapp
 ing. This talk will present an overview of current products\, their limita
 tions\, and next steps toward product improvement and change monitoring wi
 th a time series of satellite lidar datasets. \n\nDr. Duncanson is an assi
 stant professor at the University of Maryland\, college park. She uses lid
 ar data to understand and monitor forest carbon dynamics at local to globa
 l scales. She co-leads the development of empirical biomass models for NAS
 A missions (GEDI and ICESat-2)\, and is involved in several international 
 efforts aimed at bringing consistency and transparency to the field of rem
 ote sensing of forest biomass.
LOCATION:FW11\, William Gates Building. Zoom link: https://cl-cam-ac-uk.zo
 om.us/j/4361570789?pwd=Nkl2T3ZLaTZwRm05bzRTOUUxY3Q4QT09&from=addon 
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