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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B3-2026-1023-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Sensitivity of Spaceborne LiDAR, Optical, and SAR Features for Forest Biomass Modelling: A GEDI–Sentinel-2–SAOCOM Analysis</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ozdemir</surname>
<given-names>Eren Gursoy</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Narin</surname>
<given-names>Omer Gokberk</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Abdikan</surname>
<given-names>Saygin</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3310-352X</ext-link>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Bartın University, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, 74410 Bartın, Türkiye</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Afyonkocatepe University, Department of Geomatics Engineering, 03200 Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Hacettepe University, Department of Geomatics Engineering, 06800 Ankara, Türkiye</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLIX-B3-2026</volume>
<fpage>1023</fpage>
<lpage>1028</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Eren Gursoy Ozdemir et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>This study evaluates the synergy of NASA&amp;rsquo;s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) spaceborne LiDAR, Sentinel-2 multispectral imagery, and L-band Argentine Satellite System for Emergency Management (SAOCOM) 1A SAR data for aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation in the Belgrade Forest, Istanbul. Utilizing 1,356 GEDI L4A footprints as reference data, the research incorporates ten Sentinel-2 bands, five optical indices (NDVI, NDVIred, EVI, LSWI, CIre), SAR backscattering coefficients (&amp;sigma;&amp;deg;HH and &amp;sigma;&amp;deg;HV), polarimetric H/A/&amp;alpha; polarimetric decomposition parameters and dual polarimetric radar vegetation indices, namely the Dual-Pol Radar Vegetation Index (DpRVI). High-dimensional feature spaces were optimized through ensemble-based, correlation-based, and hybrid RFECV selection strategies before evaluating four machine learning architectures: Multi-layer Perceptron (MLP), Kernel Ridge, Lasso, and Elastic Net. The MLP model achieved the highest predictive accuracy (R&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; = 0.20, RMSE = 62.93 Mg/ha, MAE = 51.31 Mg/ha), outperforming linear regularization models, which exhibited R&lt;sup&gt;2 &lt;/sup&gt;values between 0.15 and 0.16. Sensitivity analysis identified red-edge and SWIR bands, alongside indices such as NDVIred, LSWI, and CIre, as the most robust predictors, while the contribution of SAR-derived features remained comparatively limited. These findings underscore the efficacy of non-linear deep learning architectures and multi-source data fusion in resolving complex biophysical interactions within heterogeneous forest environments.</p>
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