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Estimation and modeling of selected forest metrics with lidar and Landsat

Creator:: Strunk, Jacob L.
Abstract:: Lidar is able to provide height and cover information which can be used to estimate selected forest attributes precisely. However, for users to evaluate whether the additional cost and complication associated with using Lidar merits adoption requires that the protocol to use lidar be thoroughly described and that a basis...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: photos provide some advantages in forestry over other remote sensing data sources in that they are high

Remote sensing of forest aboveground biomass using the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

Creator:: Pflugmacher, Dirk
Abstract:: Accurate estimates of forest aboveground biomass are needed to reduce uncertainties in the terrestrial carbon flux. The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) onboard the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite is now the first spaceborne lidar sensor that will provide global estimates of vegetation height. This study investigated the utility...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Sensing in Ecology, the College of Forestry, and my family and friends for your support and guidance

Forest and wildlife habitat analysis using remote sensing and geographic information systems

Creator:: Fiorella, Maria R.
Abstract:: Forest and wildlife habitat analyses were conducted at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in the Central Cascade Mountains of Oregon using remotely sensed data and a geographic information system (GIS). Landsat Thematic Mapper(TM) data were used to determine forest successional stages, and to analyze the structure of both old and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Remote sensing of forest biomass dynamics using Landsat-derived disturbance and recovery history and lidar data

Creator:: Pflugmacher, Dirk
Abstract:: Improved monitoring of forest biomass is needed to quantify natural and anthropogenic effects on the terrestrial carbon cycle. Landsat's temporal and spatial coverage, fine spatial grain, and long history of earth observations provide a unique opportunity for measuring biophysical properties of vegetation across large areas and long time scales. However,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science presented on November 23, 2011. Title

Vertical structure and aboveground biomass of tropical forests from lidar remote sensing

Creator:: Gonçalves, Fabio Guimarães
Abstract:: Methods for obtaining accurate, spatially explicit estimates of biomass density in tropical forests are required to reduce uncertainties in the global carbon cycle, and to support international climate agreements and emerging carbon markets. Three-dimensional (3-D) remote sensing techniques sensitive to the vertical structure of vegetation provide a unique opportunity for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science presented on November 21, 2014. Title

Multitemporal classification of vegetation in the Oregon Coastal Range using landsat multispectral scanner data

Creator:: Wang, Sen
Abstract:: The vegetation of a 420 square mile area of the Oregon Coastal Mountain Range was mapped using data from the multispectral scanner system aboard Landsat. Advantages of this mapping system include rapid synoptic coverage of the same geographic area at different periods in time at a reduced cost compared to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Calibration of the Nimbus-7 scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR), 1979-1984

Creator:: Francis, Erika A.
Abstract:: Six years of Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) data from 1979 to 1984 are recalibrated at the radiometric level. New statistical techniques are developed to quantify the temporal and orbital data errors and to generate numerical corrections for brightness temperatures prior to estimation of geophysical parameters. The foundations of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the earth illustrating the sun-spacecraft diff- erence angle in the satellite orbit plane 4.2

The effect of rain on satellite communications above 10 GHz in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Engelbrecht, Rudolf S.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Effect of Rain on Satellite Communications Above 10 GHz in the Pacific Northwest. Abstract approved

A satellite-derived climatology of global ocean winds

Creator:: Risien, Craig Miller
Abstract:: A satellite-derived Climatology of Global Ocean Winds (COGOW) on a 0.5° latitude by 0.5° latitude grid is presented based on 5-years (August 1999 July 2004) of measurements from the SeaWinds scatterometer that was launched on 19 June 1999 onboard the QuikSCAT satellite. SeaWinds is an active microwave radar that estimates...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: climatological wind data derived from the Sea Winds scatterometer onboard the QuikSCAT satellite. In addition

Satellite infrared measurement of sea surface temperature : empirically evaluating the thin approximation

Creator:: Kowalski, Andrew S.
Abstract:: Satellite technology represents the only technique for measuring sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on a global scale. SSTs are important as boundary conditions for climate and atmospheric boundary layer models which attempt to describe phenomena of all scales, ranging from local forecasts to predictions of global warming. Historical use of infrared...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Master of Science in Atmospheric Sciences presented on February 9, 1993. Title: Satellite

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Estimation and modeling of selected forest metrics with lidar and Landsat

Remote sensing of forest aboveground biomass using the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

Forest and wildlife habitat analysis using remote sensing and geographic information systems

Remote sensing of forest biomass dynamics using Landsat-derived disturbance and recovery history and lidar data

Vertical structure and aboveground biomass of tropical forests from lidar remote sensing

Multitemporal classification of vegetation in the Oregon Coastal Range using landsat multispectral scanner data

Calibration of the Nimbus-7 scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR), 1979-1984

The effect of rain on satellite communications above 10 GHz in the Pacific Northwest

A satellite-derived climatology of global ocean winds

Satellite infrared measurement of sea surface temperature : empirically evaluating the thin approximation

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