Integration of GLAS and Landsat TM data for aboveground biomass estimation

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-141

  Duncanson, L I ^a   Niemann, K O ^a   Wulder, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BIOMASS; CARBON; COST ESTIMATING; FORESTRY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIO ALTIMETERS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MULTISPECTRAL SENSORS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR;

DATA INTEGRATION;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; RADAR; SATELLITES;

EID: 77958594114     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-037     Document Type: Article

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