@article{fdi:010082729,
  title = {{T}he {NASA} {A}fri{SAR} campaign : airborne {SAR} and lidar measurements of tropical forest structure and biomass in support of current and future space missions},
  author = {{F}atoyinbo, {T}. and {A}rmston, {J}. and {S}imard, {M}. and {S}aatchi, {S}. and {D}enbina, {M}. and {L}avalle, {M}. and {H}ofton, {M}. and {T}ang, {H}. and {M}arselis, {S}. and {P}into, {N}. and {H}ancock, {S}. and {H}awkins, {B}. and {D}uncanson, {L}. and {B}lair, {B}. and {H}ansen, {C}. and {L}ou, {Y}. {L}. and {D}ubayah, {R}. and {H}ensley, {S}. and {S}ilva, {C}. and {P}oulsen, {J}. {R}. and {L}abriere, {N}. and {B}arbier, {N}icolas and {J}effery, {K}. and {K}enfack, {D}. and {H}erve, {M}. and {B}issiengou, {P}. and {A}lonso, {A}. and {M}oussavou, {G}. and {W}hite, {L}. {T}. {J}. and {L}ewis, {S}. and {H}ibbard, {K}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n 2015 and 2016, the {A}fri{SAR} campaign was carried out as a collaborative effort among international space and {N}ational {P}ark agencies ({ESA}, {NASA}, {ONERA}, {DLR}, {ANPN} and {AGEOS}) in support of the upcoming {ESA} {BIOMASS}, {NASA}-{ISRO} {S}ynthetic {A}perture {R}adar ({NISAR}) and {NASA} {G}lobal {E}cosystem {D}ynamics {I}nitiative ({GEDI}) missions. {T}he {NASA} contribution to the campaign was conducted in 2016 with the {NASA} {LVIS} ({L}and {V}egetation and {I}ce {S}ensor) {L}idar, the {NASA} {L}-band {UAVSAR} ({U}ninhabited {A}erial {V}ehicle {S}ynthetic {A}perture {R}adar). {A} central motivation for the {A}fri{SAR} deployment was the common {AGBD} estimation requirement for the three future spaceborne missions, the lack of sufficient airborne and ground calibration data covering the full range of {ABGD} in tropical forest systems, and the intercomparison and fusion of the technologies. {D}uring the campaign, over 7000 km2 of waveform {L}idar data from {LVIS} and 30,000 km2 of {UAVSAR} data were collected over 10 key sites and transects. {I}n addition, field measurements of forest structure and biomass were collected in sixteen 1-hectare sized plots. {T}he campaign produced gridded {L}idar canopy structure products, gridded aboveground biomass and associated uncertainties, {L}idar based vegetation canopy cover profile products, {P}olarimetric {I}nterferometric {SAR} and {T}omographic {SAR} products and field measurements. {O}ur results},
  keywords = {{A}fri{SAR} ; {LVIS} ; {UAVSAR} ; {GEDI} ; {NISAR} ; {BIOMASS} ; {G}abon ; {C}entral {A}frica ; {A}irborne {C}ampaigns ; {F}orest {S}tructure ; {L}idar ; {SAR} ; {AFRIQUE} {CENTRALE} ; {GABON} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{R}emote {S}ensing of {E}nvironment},
  volume = {264},
  numero = {},
  pages = {112533 [16 p.]},
  ISSN = {0034-4257},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.rse.2021.112533},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010082729},
}