A synergetic approach to estimating timber age using integrated remotely sensed optical image and inSAR height data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 243-260

  Kim, Changjae ^a   Heo, Joon ^a   Jung, Bin Lee ^a   Han, Soohee ^a   Jae, Hoon Jung ^a   Jayakumar, Shanmuganathan ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR IMAGING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; TIMBER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACKING RADAR;

INTERFEROMETRIC DATA; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER IMAGES; LOBLOLLY PINE PLANTATIONS; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODELS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGES; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TREE-BASED REGRESSION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INTERFEROMETER; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SYNERGISM; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIMBER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; INTERFEROMETRY; PINUS TAEDA; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 82155192884     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.591443     Document Type: Article

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