Multi-temporal JERS SAR data in boreal forest biomass mapping

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-275

  Rauste, Yrjo ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass; Boreal forest; Microwave; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FOREST BIOMASS; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORTHO-RECTIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; JERS-1; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION MAPPING;

BIOMASS; CORRELATION; FORESTRY; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 22844445603     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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