Improving satellite image based forest inventory by using a priori site quality information

Silva Fennica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-78

  Tokola, Timo ^a   Heikkilä, Juho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ancillary data; Landsat TM; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PINACEAE;

FOREST INVENTORY; NORWAY SPRUCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGE; SCOTS PINE; SITE QUALITY;

EID: 0031419471     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.a8511     Document Type: Article

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