Satellites are getting too good for forest carbon?

There's a letter in Science today from a bunch of well known remote sensing researchers that make the unusual point that modern satellite resolution is getting <em> too </em> good to be accurate for forest carbon estimation. The lead author Laura Duncanson is a remote sensing scientist at Maryland who works on the incredible GEDI instrument on the International Space Station.

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Front Matter
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2025-02-03
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https://doi.org/10.59350/xgzvs-gtk32
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Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
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Satellites are getting too good for forest carbon?

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Satellites are getting too good for forest carbon?

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Abstract

There's a letter in Science today from a bunch of well known remote sensing researchers that make the unusual point that modern satellite resolution is getting <em> too </em> good to be accurate for forest carbon estimation. The lead author Laura Duncanson is a remote sensing scientist at Maryland who works on the incredible GEDI instrument on the International Space Station.

Front Matter
Life in Land
Openalex Percentile: Top 51%
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
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