Mapping successional boreal forests in interior central Alaska

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1779-1797

  Ustin, S L ^a   Xiao, Q F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODEL; PLANT SUCCESSION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETRY; SUCCESSION (ENVIRONMENT); UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; MAPPING; RIVERS;

BOREAL FORESTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVIRIS; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAPPING; MONITORING; SUCCESSION;

ALASKA; BONANZA CREEK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035877023     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160118269     Document Type: Article

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