Exploring LiDAR-RaDAR synergy-predicting aboveground biomass in a southwestern ponderosa pine forest using LiDAR, SAR and InSAR

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-38

  Hyde, Peter ^a   Nelson, Ross ^b   Kimes, Dan ^b   Levine, Elissa ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Canopy height; LiDAR; RaDAR; SAR

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; OPTICAL RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CANOPY HEIGHT; PREDICTIVE EQUATION;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIDAR; PREDICTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; RADAR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845659152     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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