An efficient regression strategy for extracting forest biomass information from satellite sensor data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1511-1519

  Rahman, M M ^a,b   Csaplovics, E ^a   Koch, B ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization SPARRSO   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST TYPES; GLOBAL CARBON EMISSION;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REGRESSION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

EID: 18544386842     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500044705     Document Type: Article

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