Height-Biomass Allometry in Temperate Forests: Performance accuracy of height-biomass allometry

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1942-1944

  Mette, T ^a   Hajnsek, I ^a   Papathanassiou, K ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Basal area; Biomass; Forest inventory; Forestry tables; Height; LIDAR; PolInSAR

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALLOMETRY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0242458411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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