Mapping of boreal forest biomass from spaceborne synthetic aperture radar

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 29599-29610

  Ranson, K Jon ^a   Sun, Guoqing ^b   Lang, Roger H ^c   Chauhan, Narinder S ^c   Cacciola, Randal J ^c   Kilic, Ozlem ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; BOREAL ECOSYSTEM-ATMOSPHERE STUDY; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; FOREST BIOMASS; MAPPING; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SAR; SATELLITE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CANADA;

PICEA;

EID: 0031463201     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd03708     Document Type: Article

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