Retrieval biomass of a large Venezuelan pine plantation using JERS-1 SAR data. Analysis of forest structure impact on radar signature

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-41

  Castel, Thierry ^a,c   Guerra, Francisco ^b   Caraglio, Yves ^a   Houllier, François ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Instituto De Ingeniería   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; FORESTRY;

CANOPY STRUCTURE;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIOMASS; FOREST CANOPY; PINE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0036141440     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(01)00236-X     Document Type: Article

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