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For this purpose, remote sensing data were used as predictor variables in combination with ground data obtained from field sample plots. However, with the increase in forest GSV values, the spectral reflectance of remote sensing imagery is often saturated or less sensitive to the GSV changes, making accurate estimation difficult. To improve this, we examined the GSV estimation performance and data saturation of four optical remote sensing image datasets (Landsat 8, Sentinel-2, ZiYuan-3, and GaoFen-2) in the subtropical region of Central South China. First, various feature variables were extracted and three optimization methods were used to select optimal feature variable combinations. Subsequently, k-nearest-neighbor (kNN), random forest regression, and categorical boosting algorithms were employed to build the GSV estimation models, and evaluate the GSV estimation accuracy and saturation. Second, Gram Schmidt (GS) and NNDiffuse pan sharpening (NND) methods were employed to fuse the optimal multispectral images and explore various image fusion schemes suitable for GSV estimation. We proposed an adaptive stacking (AdaStacking) model ensemble algorithm to further improve GSV estimation performance. The results indicated that Sentinel-2 had the highest GSV estimation accuracy exhibiting a minimum relative root mean square error of 20.06% and saturation of 434 m3\/ha, followed by GaoFen-2 with a minimum relative root mean square error of 22.16% and a saturation of 409 m3\/ha. Among the four fusion images, the NND-B2 image\u2014obtained by fusing the GaoFen-2 green band and Sentinel-2 multispectral image with the NND method\u2014had the best estimation accuracy. The estimated optimal RMSEs of NND-B2 were 24.4% and 16.5% lower than those of GaoFen-2 and Sentinel-2, respectively. Therefore, the fused image data based on GF-2 and Sentinel-2 can effectively couple the advantages of the two images and significantly improve the GSV estimation performance. Moreover, the proposed adaptive stacking model is more effective in GSV estimation than a single model. The GSV estimation saturation value of the AdaStacking model based on NND-B2 was 5.4% higher than that of the KNN-Maha model. The GSV distribution map estimated by AdaStacking model used the NND-B2 dataset corresponded accurately with the field observations. This study provides some insights into the optical image fusion scheme, feature selection, and adaptive modeling algorithm in GSV estimation for coniferous forest.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13173468","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,1]],"date-time":"2021-09-01T11:39:03Z","timestamp":1630496343000},"page":"3468","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Coniferous Plantations Growing Stock Volume Estimation Using Advanced Remote Sensing Algorithms and Various Fused Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6678-8660","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xinyu","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Forestry Remote Sensing & Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"School of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Forestry Remote Sensing Based Big Data & Ecological Security for Hunan Province, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Resources Management and Monitoring in Southern Area, Changsha 410004, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9971-5505","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiangping","family":"Long","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Forestry Remote Sensing & Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Forestry Remote Sensing Based Big Data & Ecological Security for Hunan Province, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Resources Management and Monitoring in Southern Area, Changsha 410004, China"}]},{"given":"Meng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Forestry Remote Sensing & Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Forestry Remote Sensing Based Big Data & Ecological Security for Hunan Province, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Resources Management and Monitoring in Southern Area, Changsha 410004, China"}]},{"given":"Zhaohua","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Forestry Remote Sensing & Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Forestry Remote Sensing Based Big Data & Ecological Security for Hunan Province, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Resources Management and Monitoring in Southern Area, Changsha 410004, China"}]},{"given":"Hui","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center of Forestry Remote Sensing & Information Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Forestry Remote Sensing Based Big Data & Ecological Security for Hunan Province, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Resources Management and Monitoring in Southern Area, Changsha 410004, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"FAO (2015). 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