Estimation of timber volume in a coniferous plantation forest using Landsat TM

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2209-2223

  Trotter, C M ^a   Dymond, J R ^a   Goulding, C J ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOOD;

CONIFEROUS PLANTATION FOREST; TIMBER VOLUME;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLASSIFICATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT TM; PLANTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCES INVENTORY; SATELLITE IMAGING; TIMBER VOLUME;

EID: 0031181967     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217846     Document Type: Article

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