WE PROPOSE TO CREATE A CARBON MONITORING SYSTEMS (CMS) WITH THE GOAL OF ESTIMATING THREE- DIMENSIONAL CHANGES IN FOREST BIOMASS OVER A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DISTURBANCE REGIMES USING A SUITE OF DIFFERENT REMOTELY SENSED DATA INCLUDING AIRBORNE AND TERRESTRIAL LIDAR AND UAV AND GROUND-BASED MULTI-ANGLE DIGITAL IMAGERY PROCESSED USING STRUCTURE-FROM-MOTION TECHNIQUES. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE US FOREST SERVICE WE WILL COLLECT THESE DATA BEFORE AND AFTER A DISTURBANCE TO DETERMINE THE SENSITIVITY OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO ACCUMULATION AND LOSS OF BIOMASS IN THE OVERSTORY AND UNDERSTORY. WE BELIEVE THIS WORK WILL LEAD TO DECREASING UNCERTAINTIES IN ESTIMATING CHANGES IN BIOMASS AS WELL AS PROVIDING IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON DISTURBANCE RISK AND SUCCESSIONAL DYNAMICS THAT CAN IMPACT LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES.

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