Estimating aboveground biomass for different forest types based on Landsat TM measurements

2009 17th International Conference on Geoinformatics, Geoinformatics 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Li, Min ^a   Qu, John J ^a   Hao, Xianjun ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abouveground biomass; Component; Forest inventory; Landsat TM; Spectral reflectance; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS COMPONENTS; FOREST INVENTORY; LANDSAT TM; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; VEGETATION INDEX;

BIOMASS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWOODS;

VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; REFLECTANCE; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOFTWOODS;

EID: 74349131183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GEOINFORMATICS.2009.5293408     Document Type: Conference Paper

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