Knowledge-based classification of remote sensing data for the estimation of below- and above-ground organic carbon stocks in riparian forests

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-163

  Suchenwirth, L ^a   Forster M ^a   Cierjacks, A ^a   Lang, F ^a   Kleinschmit, B ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Floodplain; Fuzzy logic; Ikonos; OBIA; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; MEADOW; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; REEDBED; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN FOREST; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL DEPTH; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRIA; DANUBE FLOODPLAINS NATIONAL PARK;

POPULUS;

EID: 84858448177     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-012-9252-8     Document Type: Article

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