Comparison of forest biomass estimates in Siberia using spaceborne SAR, inventory-based information and the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue SP-636, 2007, Pages

  Santoro, Maurizio ^a   Beer, Christian ^b   Shvidenko, Anatoly ^c   McCallum, Ian ^c   Wegmüller, Urs ^a   Wiesmann, Andreas ^a   Schmullius, Christiane ^d  

^a GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; GLOBAL VEGETATION MODEL; WIDE SWATH (WS);

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR;

EID: 36448982552     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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