Forest biomass estimation through NDVI composites. The role of remotely sensed data to assess Spanish forests as carbon sinks

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5409-5415

  Gonzalez Alonso F ^a   Merino De Miguel, S ^a   Roldan Zamarron A ^a   Garcia Gigorro S ^a   Cuevas, J M ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

FORESTRY;

AVHRR; BIOMASS; CARBON SINK; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SPOT;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PLANTS; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34250856733     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600830748     Document Type: Article

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