Ecosystem structure throughout the brazilian amazon from landsat observations and automated spectral unmixing

Earth Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Knapp, David E ^a   Cooper, Amanda N ^a   Bustamante, Mercedes M C ^b   Olander, Lydia P ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cerrado; Forest structure; Gap fraction; Spectral mixture analysis; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; CERRADO; FOREST STRUCTURE; GAP FRACTION; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; MIXTURES; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 63649091832     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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