Applications using estimates of forest parameters derived from satellite and forest inventory data

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 37-55

  Reese, Heather ^a   Nilsson, Mats ^a   Sandström, Per ^a   Olsson, Håkan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Applications; Continuous estimates; Forest inventory; kNN; Landsat Thematic Mapper; SPOT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; CALCULATIONS; CATCHMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIMBER;

ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR (RMSE);

FORESTRY;

FOREST INVENTORY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT;

SWEDEN;

ALCES ALCES; AVES;

EID: 0036899365     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(02)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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