FR2.P8: Beyond Ice: NASA’s ICESat-2 Spaceborne Lidar Mission for Land and Vegetation Applications
Friday, 8 August, 10:30 - 11:45
Location: Room P8
Session Type: Oral
Track: Community-Contributed Sessions
Fri, 8 Aug, 10:30 - 10:45

FR2.P8.1: EXTRACTING SUB-CANOPY TERRAIN SAMPLES IN STEEPLY FORESTED REGIONS BASED ON ICESAT-2 DATA
Yang Wu, Central South University, China; Rong Zhao, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China; Haiqiang Fu, Jianjun Zhu, Central South University, China
Fri, 8 Aug, 10:45 - 11:00

FR2.P8.2: IMPROVED FILTERING EVALUATION METRICS FOR ACCURATE TERRAIN ASSESSMENT IN FORESTS AREAS USING ICESAT-2 DATA
Yang Wu, Haiqiang Fu, Jianjun Zhu, Central South University, China
Fri, 8 Aug, 11:00 - 11:15

FR2.P8.3: High-Accuracy Elevation Control Point Extraction from ICESat-2 Data
Xiaoxiao Zhu, Zhikun Ren, Zhongtai He, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, China; Sheng Nie, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Fri, 8 Aug, 11:15 - 11:30

FR2.P8.4: MECHANISM AND ALGORITHM FOR ADDRESSING THE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE SCATTERING ON SURFACE ELEVATION EXTRACTION IN PHOTON-COUNTING LIDAR DATA
Zijia Wang, Sheng Nie, Xuebo Yang, Cheng Wang, Xiaohuan Xi, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Xiaoxiao Zhu, Institute of Geology, China; Bisheng Yang, Wuhan University, China
Fri, 8 Aug, 11:30 - 11:45

FR2.P8.5: RUSSIAN FORESTS SHOW STRONG POTENTIAL FOR YOUNG FOREST GROWTH
Christopher S.R. Neigh, NASA GSFC, United States; Paul M. Montesano, ADNET, United States; Joseph O. Sexton, terraPulse Inc., United States; Margaret Wooten, William Wagner, SSAI Inc., United States; Min Feng, terraPulse Inc., United States; Nuno Carvalhais, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany; Leonardo Calle, University of Maryland, Germany; Mark L. Carroll, NASA GSFC, United States