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First-of-its-kind mapping technique sheds new light tropical forests

2015-05-29 19:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts have developed vegetation height maps for the entire tropics at very fine spatial scales. These first-of its-kind high resolution maps can help researchers estimate forest cover, monitor biodiversity and wildlife habitats, and manage and monitor timber, according to a recent press release by WHRC. The WHRC researchers, led by senior scientist Josef Kellndorfer, combined two active remote sensing systems radar and lidar to create...

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