Can Landsat imagery detect tree line dynamics?

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1327-1340

  Zhang, Yangjian ^a   Xu, Ming ^a,b   Adams, Jonathan ^c   Wang, Xiaochun ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH; LANDSAT; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; TREELINE;

DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SURVEYS;

ASIA; CHANGBAI MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67650240118     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802509009     Document Type: Article

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