Mapping forest biomass from space - Fusion of hyperspectral EO1-hyperion data and Tandem-X and WorldView-2 canopy height models

Teja Kattenborn, Joachim Maack, Fabian Faßnacht, Fabian Enßle, Jörg Ermert, Barbara Koch

Abstract: Highlights•The fusion of satellite-based hyperspectral data and CHMs showed a high potential for forest biomass estimation.•PCA based data decomposition and noise cancelling increases the predictive performance of the hyperspectral bands.•Both spaceborne photogrammetric and interferometric CHMs were found to have a high predictive performance.•Most accurate results were achieved using Random Forest based models.