Integration of remotely sensed radar imagery in modeling and mapping of forest biomass and net primary production

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-274

  Bergen, Kathleen M ^a,b   Dobson, M Craig ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ERIM International   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Michigan; Net primary production; Radar; Remote sensing; SIR C

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033589351     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00141-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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