Using shuttle radar topography mission elevation data to map mangrove forest height in the Caribbean

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1713-1716

  Simard, Marc ^a   Zhang, Keqi ^b   Ross, Michael S ^b   Rivera Monroy, Victor H ^c   Castañeda Moya, Edward ^c   Twilley, Robert ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Sutudies ^*  (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR;

ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FIELD DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM);

RADAR SYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; RADAR;

EID: 34948859987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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