A COMPARISON OF RANDOM FOREST AND LIGHT GRADIENT BOOSTING MACHINE FOR FOREST ABOVE-GROUND BIOMASS ESTIMATION USING A COMBINATION OF LANDSAT, ALOS PALSAR, AND AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA

Sustainable forest management is a critical topic which contributes to ecological, economical, and socio-cultural aspect of the environment. Providing accurate AGB maps is of paramount importance for sustainable forest management, carbon accounting, and climate change monitoring. The main goal of th...

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Main Authors: H. Tamiminia, B. Salehi, M. Mahdianpari, C. M. Beier, L. Johnson, D. B. Phoenix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-08-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XLIV-M-3-2021/163/2021/isprs-archives-XLIV-M-3-2021-163-2021.pdf