Tree survey and allometric models for tiger bush in northern Senegal and comparison with tree parameters derived from high resolution satellite data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-527

  Rasmussen, Mads Olander ^a   Göttsche, Frank M ^b   Diop, Doudou ^c   Mbow, Cheikh ^c   Olesen, Folke S ^b   Fensholt, Rasmus ^a   Sandholt, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Allometric models; Field survey; Image analysis; Remote sensing; Tree clumping; Tree inventory

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ERROR CORRECTION; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST INVENTORY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

SENEGAL;

EID: 80053289625     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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