Satellite-based peatland mapping: Potential of the MODIS sensor

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 248-257

  Pflugmacher, Dirk ^a   Krankina, Olga N ^a   Cohen, Warren B ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; mapping; peatlands; regression analysis; Russian Federation; satellite methods

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CARBON CYCLE; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; PEATLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

EID: 34247131667     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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