September 2025
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ForestSAT Pre-Conference Virtual Workshops   ForestSAT is excited to host a series of 19 pre-conference virtual workshops beginning in October 2025, offering interactive training opportunities for those interested in applying the latest geospatial and AI tools in forestry.

ForestSAT 2026 – International Conference on Forest Spatial Analysis Technologies   Gainesville, Florida · May 4–8, 2026 · Hybrid conference · ForestSAT 2026 will bring together an international community of scientists, professionals, and students to explore cutting-edge advances in forest remote sensing, spatial analysis, artificial intelligence, and related technologies.

Featured Publications
Offset Between Surface Elevation Table- and Sediment Core-Derived Accretion Rates: Case Study from Piermont Marsh, New York
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-025-01602-4
CMS Project(s): Peteet (CMS 2022)
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Uncertainties in carbon emissions from land use and land cover change in Indonesia
DOI: 10.5194/bg-22-3547-2025
CMS Project(s): Hurtt (CMS 2020), Hurtt (CMS 2023)
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Publications

Lu, M., Popescu, S., Malambo, L., Hudak, A., Lister, A. 2025. Mapping aboveground biomass in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California with ICESat-2, GEDI and ancillary data. Forest Ecology and Management. 595, 123040. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.123040

Associated Projects:
  • Hudak (CMS 2022) (CCE, CMS, NACP, TE)
 

Kim, J., Cusworth, D. H., Ayasse, A. K., Howell, K., O'Neill, K., Duren, R. M. 2025. Performance of Airborne Imaging Spectrometers for Carbon Dioxide Detection and Emission Quantification. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 130(7). DOI: 10.1029/2024JD042755

Associated Projects:
  • Cusworth (CMS 2022) (CCE, CMS)
 

Eckes-Shephard, A., A. Argles, B. Brzeziecki, P. Cox, M. De Kauwe, A. Esquivel-Muelbert, R. Fisher, G. Hurtt, J. Knauer, C. Koven, A. Lehtonen, S. Luyssaert, L. Marques, L. Ma, G. Marie, J. Moore, J. Needham, S. Olin, M. Peltoniemi, H. Sato, S. Sitch, B. Stocker, E. Weng, D. Zuleta, T. Pugh. (2025) Demography, dynamics and data: building confidence for simulating changes in the world’s forests. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.70643

Associated Projects:
  • Hurtt (CMS 2023) (CCE, CMS)
 

Wang, Z., Y. Xie, C. Li, L. Ma, G. Hurtt, X. Jia, G. Mai, Z. Li. (2025) TreeFinder: A US-Scale Benchmark Dataset for Individual Tree Mortality Monitoring Using High-Resolution Aerial Imagery. The Thirty-ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems Datasets and Benchmarks Track, NeurIPS 2025.

Associated Projects:
   - Hurtt (CMS 2023) CCE, CMS
 

Wang, Z., Y. Xie, R. Wang, L. Ma, G. Hurtt, X. Jia, Y. Li, R. Li, Z. Li, S. Xu. (2025) Carbon-Bench: A Forty-year Global-scale Benchmark Dataset for Carbon Forecasting in Forest Ecosystems. The Thirty-ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems Datasets and Benchmarks Track, NeurIPS 2025.

Associated Projects:
   - Hurtt (CMS 2023) CCE, CMS
 

MDE (2023). Maryland’s Climate Pollution Reduction Plan Appendix: Forestry and Land Use Sector Modeling. Prepared by: Hurtt, G., L. Ma, Q. Shen. Maryland Department of the Environment. https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/ClimateChange/Maryland Climate Reduction Plan/Forestry and Land Use Modeling.pdf

Associated Projects:
   - Hurtt (CMS 2020) CCE, CMS, TE
 

MDE (2024). Growing 5 million trees in Maryland Progress Report 2024. Maryland Department of the Environment. https://five-million-tree-tracking-tool-maryland.hub.arcgis.com/pages/progress

Associated Projects:
   - Hurtt (CMS 2020) CCE, CMS, TE
 

MDE (2023). Maryland Tree and Forest Carbon Flux: Data and Methodology Documentation, Prepared by: Hurtt, G., C. Silva, L. Ma, Q. Shen, R. Lamb, V. Amin, M. Abdulrahman, E. Campbell, R. Marks, A. Rudee, H. Leslie-Bole Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland Department of Natural Resources. https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/ClimateChange/Documents/VIMAL/MD_ForestCarbon_Flux_Methodology_01.06.23.pdf

Associated Projects:
   - Hurtt (CMS 2020) CCE, CMS, TE
 

MDE (2023). Maryland’s Climate Pollution Reduction Plan. Maryland Department of the Environment. https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/ClimateChange/Maryland Climate Reduction Plan/Maryland's Climate Pollution Reduction Plan - Final - Dec 28 2023.pdf

Associated Projects:
   - Hurtt (CMS 2020) CCE, CMS, TE
 

MDE (2022). Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Maryland: A progress report. The Maryland Department of the Environment. https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/ClimateChange/Documents/GGRA PROGRESSS REPORT 2022.pdf

Associated Projects:
   - Hurtt (CMS 2020) CCE, CMS, TE
 

MDE (2021). Maryland Forest Carbon Inventory. Prepared by: Hurtt, G., C. Silva, R. Lamb, L. Ma, Q. Shen, A. Rudee, H. Leslie-Bole, E. Campbell, R. Marks. Maryland Department of Environment. https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Air/ClimateChange/MCCC/MWG/Maryland Forest Carbon Inventory_briefing.pdf

Associated Projects:
   - Hurtt (CMS 2020) CCE, CMS, TE
 

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Data Products

Simulated Forest Aboveground Biomass Dynamics, Northeastern USA (Archived) DOI

Associated Project:
  • Hurtt (CMS 2016) ( CCE, CMS, NACP, TE )
 

Wetland Salinity Maps of Select Estuary Sites in the United States, 2020 (Archived)

Associated Project:
  • Holmquist (CMS 2018) ( CCE, CMS, NACP, OBB )
 

Forest Aboveground Biomass 2000-2023 for Maryland, USA (Archived) DOI

Associated Project:
  • Hurtt (CMS 2020) ( CCE, CMS, TE )
 

Forest Aboveground Biomass 1984-2016 for Maryland, USA (Archived) DOI

Associated Project:
  • Hurtt (CMS 2020) ( CCE, CMS, TE )
 

Aboveground Biomass for Howland Forest, Maine, 2012-2023 (Archived)

Associated Project:
  • Hayes (CMS 2023) ( CCE, CMS )
 

Forest Aboveground Biomass for Maine, 2023 (Archived)

Associated Project:
  • Hayes (CMS 2023) ( CCE, CMS )
 

Global Rice Paddy Inventory (GRPI): a high-resolution inventory of methane emissions from rice agriculture based on Landsat satellite inundation data (Archived)

Associated Project:
  • Jacob (CMS 2023) ( CCE, CMS )
 

Global Fire carbon emissions from CMS-Flux inversions assimilating atmospheric carbon monoxide observations (Archived)

Associated Project:
  • Liu (CMS 2023) ( CCE, CMS )
 

BlueFlux: Modeled Daily CO2 and CH4 Wetland Fluxes, Southern Florida, 2000-2024 (Archived)

Associated Project:
  • Delaria (CMS 2023) ( CCE, CMS )
 

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