Characterizing carbon in a northern forest by using SIR-C/X-SAR imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-39

  Bergen, Kathleen M ^a   Dobson, M Craig ^a   Pierce, Leland E ^a   Ulaby, Fawwaz T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ABOVEGROUND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; FOREST CARBON STORAGE;

AIR POLLUTION;

]REMOTE SENSING; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON; CARBON STORAGE; FOREST; NORTHERN FOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SAR; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION;

EID: 0031974671     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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