A strategy for mapping Canada's forest biomass with Landsat TM imagery

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1312-1315

  Luther, J E ^a   Fournier, R A ^a   Hall, R J ^a   Ung, C H ^a   Guindon, L ^a   Piercey, D E ^a   Lambert, M C ^a   Beaudoin, A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0036400670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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8. Hall, R. J., Case, B. S., Arsenault, E., Price, D., Luther, J. E., Fournier, R. A., Guindon, L., Wang, Y., Piercey, D. E., and Lambert, M.-C., "Modeling and mapping forest biomass using forest inventory and Landsat TM data: results from the Foothills Model Forest, Alberta.," 2002 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS'02), Toronto, Canada, 2002.
9. Pilger, N., Peddle, D. R., and Luther, J. E., "Estimation of forest cover type and structure from Landsat TM imagery using a canopy reflectance model for biomass mapping in Western Newfoundland," Proceedings, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS'02)/24th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Toronto, Canada, 2002.
10. Hall, R. J., Price, D. T., Siltanen, R. M., Wang, Y., Fournier, R. A., Luther, J. E., Ung, C.-H., and Fraser, R. H., "Assessing the role of environmental and remote sensing variables in modeling Canada's forest biomass," Proceedings, 23rd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, 2001.