Identifying terrestrial carbon sinks: Classification of successional stages in regenerating tropical forest from Landsat TM data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-216

  Foody, Giles M ^a   Palubinskas, Gintautas ^b   Lucas, Richard M ^c   Curran, Paul J ^c   Honzak, Miroslav ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SINK; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST REGENERATION; LANDSAT TM DATA; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL, AMAZONAS, MANAUS;

EID: 0029769688     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(95)00196-4     Document Type: Article

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