Acknowledgement
This research was funded by the NASA GOFC grant (NAG 5‐9286) and NASA Land Use Land Cover Program grant (NNG05GD49G) at the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University. The authors thank Dr Charlie Navanujraha and Mr Siam Lawavirojwong at Mahidol University, Thailand, and Dr Narumon (Nok) Wiangwang and Pariwate (Perry) Varnakovida at Michigan State University, and local foresters for their help in field data collection and processing.