Remote sensing assessment of forest damage in relation to the 1996 strong typhoon Herb at Lienhuachi Experimental Forest, Taiwan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 3297-3306

  Lee, Meng Fen ^a   Lin, Teng Chiu ^b   Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A ^c   Hwong, Jeen Liang ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lienhuachi Experimental Forest; Natural hardwood forest; NDVI; Typhoon disturbance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS; VEGETATION;

LIENHUACHI EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NATURAL HARDWOOD FORESTS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); TYPHOON DISTURBANCE;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; STAND STRUCTURE; TYPHOON;

DAMAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIENHUACHI EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; TAIWAN;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 43049181775     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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