Combining satellite imagery with forest inventory data to assess damage severity following a major blowdown event in northern Minnesota, USA

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5089-5108

  Nelson, Mark D ^a   Healey, Sean P ^b   Moser, W Keith ^a   Hansen, Mark H ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DAMAGE DETECTION; FORESTRY;

CHANGES IN VOLUME; DAMAGE CLASSIFICATION; DISTURBANCE FIELD; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; HISTORICAL ARCHIVE; OVERALL ACCURACIES; SATELLITE IMAGE DATAS; STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DISTURBANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449338672     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903022951     Document Type: Article

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