Object-based forest biomass estimation using Landsat ETM+ in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 203-211

  Kajisa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Murakami, Takuhiko ^b   Mizoue, Nobuya ^a   Top, Neth ^c   Yoshida, Shigejiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Cambodia Development Resource Institute   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Forest biomass estimation; Image texture; Landsat ETM+; Object based image analysis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

FOREST BIOMASS ESTIMATION; IMAGE TEXTURE; LANDSAT ETM+; OBJECT-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; SEGMENTATION;

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXELS; TEXTURES;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUELWOOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; SPATIAL PLANNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SEGMENTATION; TEXTURE;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; KAMPONG THUM; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

OROXYLUM INDICUM;

EID: 70350623091     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-009-0125-9     Document Type: Article

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