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22 January 2023

In recent years, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has been spreading widely, as in plant pest control. The collection of huge amounts of spatial data raises various issues including that of scale. Data from UAVs generally explore multiple s...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
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Validation Rigor Determines Apparent Predictive Skill of UAV-LiDAR Carbon Models: A Cautionary Case Study in a Heterogeneous Tropical Savanna

  • Rômullo Oliveira Louzada,
  • Rosa Helena da Silva,
  • Staci Arielli Caires Correia,
  • Rodney Murillo Peixoto Couto and ,
  • Diego Campos Vasconcelos,
  • André Nogueira Bozza,
  • João Gabriel Chaib,
  • Maximiliano Guimarães Sales and
  • Renato Maurício Barbosa Tavares
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4 November 2026

Machine-learning models trained on remote sensing data are widely used to map ecosystem carbon stocks, but their validation often ignores spatial autocorrelation, inflating apparent predictive skill. We tested whether this concern, established for la...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI-Enabled Precise Forest Monitoring Through UAV and Satellite Remote Sensing)