Quality improvement of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantation inventory GIS using Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (STRM) and the National Elevation Dataset (NED)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-68

  Heo, Joon ^a   Kim, Jin Woo ^a   Pattnaik, Sitansu ^b   Sohn, Hong Gyoo ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Lanworth Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

NED; Quality improvement; SRTM; Timber inventory

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; SPACE SHUTTLES; TIMBER;

NED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SRTM; TIMBER INVENTORY;

FORESTRY;

DATA SET; DATABASE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GIS; PLANTATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DATA BASES; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33747101987     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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