Approaches for forest biomass estimation and mapping in Canada

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1988-1991

  Hall, R J ^a   Skakun, R S ^a   Beaudoin, A ^a   Wulder, M A ^b   Arsenault, E J ^a   Bernier, P Y ^a   Guindon, L ^a   Luther, J E ^a   Gillis, M D ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Carbon; Forest biomass; Inventory; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING;

CANADA; DYNAMIC NATURE; EARTH OBSERVATION DATA; FOREST BIOMASS; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION; INVENTORY; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

MAPPING;

BIOMASS; CANADA; CARBON; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 78650860303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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