Suzanne Marselis¹, John David Armston², Laura Duncanson³, Matt Fitzpatrick⁴, Steven Hancock⁵, Matthew Hansen³, David Minor⁶, Hao Tang⁷ and Ralph Dubayah⁸, (1)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (2)University of Queensland, St Lucia, United States, (3)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (4)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, United States, (5)University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (6)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, (7)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (8)Univ Maryland, College Park, MD, United States