Estimation of tropical forest biomass using Landsat TM imagery and permanent plot data in Xishuangbanna, China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5741-5756

  Yang, Cunjian ^a   Huang, He ^a   Wang, Siyuan ^b  

^a SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIGITAL STORAGE; MAPS; SURVEYING; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS AND CARBON STORAGES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; FIELD INVENTORIES; FOREST VEGETATION; LANDSAT TM IMAGES; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 80053107467     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.507677     Document Type: Article

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