Forest biomass from combined ecosystem and radar backscatter modeling

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-133

  Ranson, K J ^a,d   Sun, G ^b   Weishampel, J F ^c   Knox, R G ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Science System and Applications Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NASA's CSFC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FOREST BIOMASS; RADAR BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS;

RADAR IMAGING;

BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS; FOREST; FOREST SUCCESSION; FOREST SUCCESSION MODEL; MODEL; RADAR; RADAR BACKSCATTER MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SAR; SUCCESSION;

USA, MAINE;

EID: 0030617349     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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