Assessing aboveground tropical forest biomass using Google Earth canopy images

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 993-1003

  Ploton, Pierre ^a,b   Pélissier, Raphaël ^a,c   Proisy, Christophe ^c   Flavenot, Théo ^a   Barbier, Nicolas ^c   Rai, S N ^d   Couteron, Pierre ^c  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

^d RMV II Stage ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Canopy texture; Forest structure; Fourier spectra; Google Earth; Tree biomass allometry; Very high resolution images; Western Ghats of India

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; BASAL AREA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST RESOURCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; IKONOS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPACECRAFT; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84860242454     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1606.1     Document Type: Article

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