Improved terrain estimation from spaceborne lidar in tropical peatlands using spatial filtering

• Main Authors: Cobb, Alexander R., Dommain, René, Sukri, Rahayu S., Metali, Faizah, Bookhagen, Bodo, Harvey, Charles F., Tang, Hao
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Tropical Peatlands; Spaceborne Laser Altimetry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173557
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tropical peatlands are estimated to hold carbon stocks of 70 Pg C or more as partly decomposed organic matter, or peat. Peat may accumulate over thousands of years into gently mounded deposits called peat domes with a relief of several meters over distances of kilometers. The mounded shapes of tropi...