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Publications Citing GLAS Data
Read peer-reviewed publications that cite Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) data.
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| Measuring glacier mass changes from space-a review | Berthier, Etienne, Floriciou, Dana, Gardner, Alex S, Gourmelen, Noel, Jakob, Livia, Paul, Frank, Treichler, Desiree, Wouters, Bert, Belart, Joaquin M C, Dehecq, Amaury, Dussaillant, Ines, Hugonnet, Romain, Kaab, Andreas, Krieger, Lukas, Palsson, Finnur, Zemp, Michael | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Roughness, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Slope, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation | ||
| Reconstructing Continuous Ice Sheet Elevation Changes in the Amundsen | Yue, Lianzhe, Chao, Nengfang, Chen, Gang, Chen, Lihao, Zhang, Baojun, Sun, Runzhi, Zhang, Yanze, Wang, Shuai, Wang, Zhengtao, Li, Fupeng, Yu, Nan, Ouyang, Guichong | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Terrain Elevation | ||
| A Spatial Model Comparing Above-and Belowground Blue Carbon Stocks in Southwest Florida Mangroves and Salt Marshes | Radabaugh, Kara R., Moyer, Ryan P., Chappel, Amanda R., Breithaupt, Joshua L., Lagomasino, David, Dontis, Emma E., Russo, Christine E., Rosenheim, Brad E., Chambers, Lisa G., Peneva-Reed, Elitsa I., Smoak, Joseph M. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Allometric Equation for Aerial Carbon Estimation (AGC) of Rhizophora racemosa and Avicennia germinans Mangroves of Olende and Ozouri in the Ogooue ... | Aken, Igor Akendengue, Okanga-Guay, Marjolaine, Abaker, Madi, Dumont, Estelle, Boubala, Silas Davy Mbadinga, Ngombi-Pemba, Lauriss, Nieguitsila, Adelaide | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Snow and meteorological conditions at Villum Research Station, Northeast Greenland: on the adequacy of using atmospheric reanalysis for detailed snow ... | Krampe, Daniela, Kauker, Frank, Dumont, Marie, Herber, Andreas | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Satellite-based global maps are rarely used in forest reference levels submitted to the UNFCCC | Melo, Joana, Baker, Timothy, Nemitz, Dirk, Quegan, Shaun, Ziv, Guy | Land Surface/Agriculture Indicators, Plant Phenology, Vegetation Cover, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics, Biomass Dynamics, Carbon | ||
| Towards a roadmap for space-based observations of the land sector for the UNFCCC global stocktake | Ochiai, Osamu, Poulter, Benjamin, Seifert, Frank Martin, Ward, Stephen, Jarvis, Ian, Whitcraft, Alyssa, Sahajpal, Ritvik, Gilliams, Sven, Herold, Martin, Carter, Sarah, Duncanson, Laura Innice, Kay, Heather, Lucas, Richard, Wilson, Sylvia N., Melo, Joana, Post, Joanna, Briggs, Stephen, Quegan, Shaun, Dowell, Mark, Cescatti, Alessandro, Crisp, David, Saatchi, Sassan, Tadono, Takeo, Steventon, Matt, Rosenqvist, Ake | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Mangroves cover change trajectories 1984-2020: The gradual decrease of mangroves in Colombia | Murillo-Sandoval, Paulo J., Fatoyinbo, Lola, Simard, Marc | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Multi-decadal elevation changes of the land terminating sector of West Greenland | Saito, Jun, Meierbachtol, Toby, Harper, Joel | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Terrain Elevation | ||
| Elevation change of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: 1985 to 2020 | Nilsson, Johan, Gardner, Alex S., Paolo, Fernando S. | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Disturbance frequency, intensity and forest structure modulate cycloneinduced changes in mangrove forest canopy cover | Peereman, Jonathan, Hogan, J. Aaron, Lin, TengChiu | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| High resolution species distribution and abundance models cannot predict separate shrub datasets in adjacent Arctic fjords | Chardon, Nathalie Isabelle, NabeNielsen, Jacob, Assmann, Jakob Johan, Dyrholm Jacobsen, Ida Bomholt, Gueguen, Maya, Normand, Signe, Wipf, Sonja | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Land use classification Bangladesh: combining and downscaling existing databases | Alterra - Earth informatics, van Haren, C., van Eupen, M., Verweij, P., Vittek, M., Islam, S., Terwisscha van Scheltinga, C., Hasan, S., Saha, C.R., Banik, A., Rashid, M.A., Moghayer, S., Herens, M. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup | Akesson, Henning, Morlighem, Mathieu, Nilsson, Johan, Stranne, Christian, Jakobsson, Martin | Land Ice/Ocean Classification, Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Rapid glacier mass loss in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau since the year 2000 from satellite observations | Zhao, Fanyu, Long, Di, Li, Xingdong, Huang, Qi, Han, Pengfei | Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps, REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Reflectance | ||
| Accelerating Ice Loss From Peripheral Glaciers in North Greenland | Khan, Shfaqat A., Colgan, William, Neumann, Thomas A., van den Broeke, Michiel R., Brunt, Kelly M., Noel, Brice, Bamber, Jonathan L., Hassan, Javed, Bjrk, Anders A. | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance | ||
| An empirical algorithm to map perennial firn aquifers and ice slabs within the Greenland Ice Sheet using satellite L-band microwave radiometry | Miller, Julie Z., Culberg, Riley, Long, David G., Shuman, Christopher A., Schroeder, Dustin M., Brodzik, Mary J. | Albedo, Snow/Ice Temperature, Surface Melt, Water Vapor, Land Ice/Ocean Classification, Snow Grain Size, Surface Morphology, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, RADAR IMAGERY, Sea Ice Elevation, Snow Cover |
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| A review of carbon monitoring in wet carbon systems using remote sensing | Campbell, Anthony D, Fatoyinbo, Temilola, Charles, Sean P, Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura L, Goes, Joaquim, Gomes, Helga, Halabisky, Meghan, Holmquist, James, Lohrenz, Steven, Mitchell, Catherine, Moskal, L Monika, Poulter, Benjamin, Qiu, Han, Resende De Sousa, Celio H, Sayers, Michael, Simard, Marc, Stewart, Anthony J, Singh, Debjani, Trettin, Carl, Wu, Jinghui, Zhang, Xuesong, Lagomasino, David | Burned Area, Fire Dynamics, Fire Occurrence, Wetlands, Forests, Fire Ecology, Wetlands, Coastal, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Intertidal Zone, Biomass, Canopy Characteristics, Dominant Species, Salt Marsh, Vegetation Species, Carbon, Biogeochemical Cycles |
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| Characteristics, recent evolution, and ongoing retreat of Hunt Fjord Ice Shelf, northern Greenland | Ochwat, Naomi, Scambos, Ted, Fahnestock, Mark, Stammerjohn, Sharon | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Roughness, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Sea Surface Height, Sea Surface Slope, Surface Roughness, Terrain Elevation | ||
| Community Managed Protected Areas Conserve Aboveground Carbon Stocks: Implications for REDD+ | Alejo, Camilo, Walker, Wayne S., Gorelik, Seth R., Potvin, Catherine | Biomass Dynamics, Biomass, Carbon | ||
| Coastal ecosystem services modeling in Latin America to guide conservation and restoration strategies: the case of mangroves in Guatemala and El Salvador | Hernandez-Blanco, Marcello, Moritsch, Monica, Manrow, Marilyn, Raes, Leander | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Analysis of Earth's Ionosphere Effects on Englacial Layering Detectability in Spaceborne Radar Sounders Data | Thakur, Sanchari, Carrer, Leonardo, Bruzzone, Lorenzo | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Analysis of ice-sheet temperature profiles from low-frequency airborne remote sensing | Jezek, Kenneth C., Yardim, Caglar, Johnson, Joel T., Macelloni, Giovanni, Brogioni, Marco | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness, Ice Velocity | ||
| Deforestation scenarios show the importance of secondary forest for meeting Panama's carbon goals | Hall, Jefferson S., Plisinski, Joshua S., Mladinich, Stephanie K., van Breugel, Michiel, Lai, Hao Ran, Asner, Gregory P., Walker, Kendra, Thompson, Jonathan R. | Forests, Deforestation, Biomass | ||
| Processing methodology for the ITS_LIVE Sentinel-1 ice velocity products | Lei, Yang, Gardner, Alex S., Agram, Piyush | Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation |
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| The spatio-temporal reconstruction of lake water levels using deep learning models: A case study on Altai mountains | Yue, Linwei, Zan, Fangqing, Liu, Xiuguo, Yuan, Qiangqiang, Shen, Huanfeng | Reflectance, Terrain Elevation | ||
| Torchgeo: deep learning with geospatial data | Stewart, Adam J., Robinson, Caleb, Corley, Isaac A., Ortiz, Anthony, Ferres, Juan M. Lavista, Banerjee, Arindam | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| The novel mangrove environment and composition of the Amazon Delta | Bernardino, Angelo F., Mazzuco, Ana Carolina A., Souza, Fernanda M., Santos, Thuareag M.T., Sanders, Christian J., Massone, Carlos G., Costa, Rodolfo F., Silva, Antonio Elves B., Ferreira, Tiago O., Nobrega, Gabriel N., Silva, Thiago S.F., Kauffman, J. Boone | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Supraglacial lake expansion, intensified lake drainage frequency, and first observation of coupled lake drainage, during 19852020 at Ryder Glacier ... | Otto, Jacqueline, Holmes, Felicity A., Kirchner, Nina | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Satellite observed recent rising water levels of global lakes and reservoirs | Xu, Nan, Ma, Yue, Wei, Zhongwang, Huang, Conghong, Li, Guoyuan, Zheng, Huiying, Wang, Xiao Hua | Reflectance, Terrain Elevation | ||
| Variability of Sea Ice from 2008 to 2019 in the Bohai and Northern Huanghai Sea, China and the Relationship with Climatic Factors | Gong, Shaoqi, Chen, Wenqian, Zhang, Cunjie, Yan, Qingyun, Yang, Hong | Ice Roughness, Ice Roughness, Reflectance, Sea Ice Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation | ||
| Inversion of Terrain Slope and Roughness with Satellite Laser Altimeter | Zuo, Zhiqiang, Tang, Xinming, Li, Guoyuan, Ma, Yue, Zhang, Wenhao, Li, Song | RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Reflectance, Infrared Wavelengths, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets | ||
| Mangrove-associated fish assemblages off the southern Panama Bight region (tropical eastern Pacific) | Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo A., Baos, Rodrigo A., Zapata, Luis A. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Monthly Surface Elevation Changes of the Greenland Ice Sheet From ICESat-1, CryoSat-2, and ICESat-2 Altimetry Missions | Lai, Yen-Ru, Wang, Lei | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance, Terrain Elevation | ||
| Leaf surface water, not plant water stress, drives diurnal variation in tropical forest canopy water content | Xu, Xiangtao, Konings, Alexandra G., Longo, Marcos, Feldman, Andrew, Xu, Liang, Saatchi, Sassan, Wu, Donghai, Wu, Jin, Moorcroft, Paul | Reflectance, Terrain Elevation | ||
| Illuminating active subglacial lake processes with ICESat2 laser altimetry | Siegfried, M. R., Fricker, H. A. | Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance | ||
| Impacts of snow data and processing methods on the interpretation of | Glissenaar, Isolde A., Landy, Jack C., Petty, Alek A., Kurtz, Nathan T., Stroeve, Julienne C. | Freeboard, Ice Depth/Thickness, Ice Roughness, Sea Ice Elevation, Snow Depth, Ice Roughness, Reflectance, Sea Ice Elevation | ||
| Disturbance suppresses the aboveground carbon sink in North American boreal forests | Wang, Jonathan A., Baccini, Alessandro, Farina, Mary, Randerson, James T., Friedl, Mark A. | Biomass, Forests, Grasslands, Alpine/Tundra, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Reflectance, Dominant Species, Canopy Characteristics, Carbon |
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| Greenland ice velocity maps from the PROMICE project | Solgaard, Anne, Kusk, Anders, Merryman Boncori, John Peter, Dall, Jrgen, Mankoff, Kenneth D., Ahlstrm, Andreas P., Andersen, Signe B., Citterio, Michele, Karlsson, Nanna B., Kjeldsen, Kristian K., Korsgaard, Niels J., Larsen, Signe H., Fausto, Robert S. | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Greenland ice-sheet wide glacier classification based on two distinct seasonal ice velocity behaviors | Vijay, Saurabh, King, Michalea D., Howat, Ian M., Solgaard, Anne M., Khan, Shfaqat Abbas, Noel, Brice | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Alkalinity production coupled to pyrite formation represents an unaccounted blue carbon sink | Reithmaier, Gloria M. S., Johnston, Scott G., Junginger, Tobias, Goddard, Madeline M., Sanders, Christian J., Hutley, Lindsay B., Ho, David T., Maher, Damien T. | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Autonomous Repeat Image Feature Tracking (autoRIFT) and Its Application for Tracking Ice Displacement. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 749 | Lei, Yang, Gardner, Alex, Agram, Piyush | Ice Velocity, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Annual air temperature variability and biotic interactions explain tundra shrub species abundance | von Oppen, Jonathan, Normand, Signe, Bjorkman, Anne D., BlachOvergaard, Anne, Assmann, Jakob J., Forchhammer, Mads, Gueguen, Maya, NabeNielsen, Jacob | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Deriving Antarctic SeaIce Thickness From Satellite Altimetry and Estimating Consistency for NASA's ICESat/ICESat2 Missions | Xu, Yue, Li, Huan, Liu, Baojian, Xie, Hongjie, OzsoyCicek, Burcu | Ice Roughness, Ice Roughness, Reflectance, Sea Ice Elevation, Sea Ice Elevation | ||
| Quantifying the Stable Water Isotopologue Exchange Between the Snow Surface and Lower Atmosphere by Direct Flux Measurements | Wahl, S., SteenLarsen, H. C., Reuder, J., Horhold, M. | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| The Benefits of Combining Global and Local DataA Showcase for Valuation and Mapping of Mangrove Climate Regulation and Food Provisioning Services within a Protected Area in Para, North Brazil | Gutting, Robin, Syrbe, Ralf-Uwe, Grunewald, Karsten, Mehlig, Ulf, Helfer, Veronique, Zimmer, Martin | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics | ||
| Seasonal evolution of basal environment conditions of Russell sector, West Greenland, inverted from satellite observation of surface flow | Derkacheva, Anna, Gillet-Chaulet, Fabien, Mouginot, Jeremie, Jager, Eliot, Maier, Nathan, Cook, Samuel | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation | ||
| Satellite-based estimation of global CO2 emissions from biomass burning | Park, Haemi, Takeuchi, Wataru | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Forests, Deforestation, Biomass | ||
| WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT FROM ICESAT ON GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE AND WHAT TO EXPECT FROM CURRENT ICESAT-2. | Bukac, Blazenka, Grgic, Marijan, Basic, Tomislav | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Topography/Ice Sheet Topography, Ice Sheets, Reflectance | ||
| A global biophysical typology of mangroves and its relevance for ecosystem structure and deforestation | Worthington, Thomas A., zu Ermgassen, Philine S. E., Friess, Daniel A., Krauss, Ken W., Lovelock, Catherine E., Thorley, Julia, Tingey, Rick, Woodroffe, Colin D., Bunting, Pete, Cormier, Nicole, Lagomasino, David, Lucas, Richard, Murray, Nicholas J., Sutherland, William J., Spalding, Mark | Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands, Canopy Characteristics |
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