Y. Yu

TL;DR: In this article, a decision tree approach was used to develop the spatial distribution of aboveground live biomass (AGLB) for seven distinct biomass classes of lowland old-growth forests with more than 80% accuracy.

TL;DR: The long-term legacy of these droughts with persistent loss of carbon stocks after the 2005 drought is shown, leading to a significant positive climate feedback and exacerbating warming trends.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that L-Band backscatter relations to AGB can be significantly different depending on forest types and environmental effects, requiring multiple algorithms to map AGB from time series of satellite radar observations globally.

TL;DR: In this paper, a parametric model that combines high-resolution estimates of leaf area index (LAI) from the Landsat Thematic Mapper sensor and canopy maximum height from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) sensor onboard ICESat, the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed spatially explicit estimates of carbon stock changes of live woody biomass from 2000 to 2019 using measurements from ground, air, and space, and showed that live biomass has removed 4.9 to 5.5 PgC year−1 from the atmosphere, offsetting 4.6 ± 0.1 pgC of gross emissions from disturbances and adding substantially (0.23 to 0.88 pgc year− 1) to the global carbon stocks.