Forest attributes from radar interferometric structure and its fusion with optical remote sensing

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 561-571

  Treuhaft, Robert N ^a   Law, Beverly E ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Forest ecology; InSAR; Lidar; Optical remote sensing; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942509306     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0561:FAFRIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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