Satellite estimation of forest carbon using regression models

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6917-6936

  Rahman, M M ^a   Csaplovics, E ^a   Koch, B ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CARBON EMISSIONS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DUMMY VARIABLES; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; PERIODIC MONITORING; REGRESSION MODEL; SATELLITE SENSOR DATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 56049102124     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802144187     Document Type: Article

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