Land cover mapping and carbon pools estimates in Rondonia, Brazil

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 921-934

  de Moraes, J F L ^a   Seyler, F ^b   Cerri, C C ^b   Volkoff, B ^c  

^a IAC CENA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; MAPPING; SATELLITES; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

CARBON POOLS; FOREST; LAND COVERS; PASTURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

CARBON POOL; LAND COVER; LANDSAT TM; MAPPING;

BRAZIL, RONDONIA STATE;

EID: 0032030320     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215793     Document Type: Article

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