Stem volume of tropical forests from polarimetric radar

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 503-522

  Goncalves F G ^a   Santos, J R ^b   Treuhaft, R N ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; POLARIMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICS;

AVERAGE PREDICTION ERROR; BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR (MSE); MODEL SELECTION TECHNIQUES; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

FORESTRY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CALIBRATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEM; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; TAPAJOS NATIONAL FOREST;

EID: 79551666825     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903475217     Document Type: Article

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