Optical remote-sensing techniques for the assessment of forest inventory and biophysical parameters

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-476

  Wulder, Mike ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest biophysical parameters; Forest inventory; Forest structure; Image processing; Optical remote sensing

Indexed keywords

FOREST INVENTORY; OPTICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032468514     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/030913398675385488     Document Type: Article

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