Regression and analytical models for estimating mangrove wetland biomass in South China using Radarsat images

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 5567-5582

  Li, Xia ^a,c   Yeh, A Gar On ^b   Wang, S ^a   Liu, K ^c   Liu, X ^a   Qian, J ^c   Chen, X ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

ANALYTICAL MODEL; MANGROVE WETLAND BIOMASS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); ROOT MEAN-SQUARE ERROR (RMSE);

WETLANDS;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHM; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MANGROVE; NDVI; RADAR IMAGERY; RADARSAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG;

EID: 37749013357     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701227638     Document Type: Article

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