Biome-scale forest properties in Amazonia based on field and satellite observations

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1245-1271

  Anderson, Liana O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Amazonia; Drought; Field data; Fire; Forest productivity; MODIS; Monitoring; Net primary production; Rain forest; Remote sensing; Satellite data; Wood density

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AMAZONIA; FIELD DATA; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; MODIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAIN FORESTS; SATELLITE DATA; WOOD DENSITY;

DATA PROCESSING; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FIRES; HARDWOODS; LAKES; MONITORING; PHENOLS; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; HARDWOODS; LAKES; MONITORING; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; WOOD DENSITY;

EID: 84861432369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4051245     Document Type: Review

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