Cerrado vegetation study using optical and radar remote sensing: Two Brazilian case studies

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 468-480

  Bitencourt, Marisa D ^a   De Mesquita, Humberto N ^b   Kuntschik, Gerardo ^a   Da Rocha, Humberto R ^a   Furley, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IBAMA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

JAPANESE EARTH RESOURCES SATELLITE (JERS-1; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR); WOODY BIOMASS;

VEGETATION;

EID: 42949153287     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-054     Document Type: Article

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