Biomass estimation over a large area based on standwise forest inventory data and ASTER and MODIS satellite data: A possibility to verify carbon inventories

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-624

  Muukkonen, P ^a   Heiskanen, J ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Carbon cycle; Forest vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; REMOTE SENSING;

BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON CYCLE; FOREST VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ASTER; BOREAL FOREST; CALIBRATION; CARBON CYCLE; DATA SET; FOREST INVENTORY; MODIS; PIXEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STAND DYNAMICS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34047183672     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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