Using satellite image data to estimate aboveground shelterbelt carbon stocks across an agricultural landscape

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 156, Issue , 2012, Pages 142-150

  Czerepowicz, L ^a   Case, B S ^a   Doscher, C ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Agroforestry; Carbon stocks; Feature analyst; Object oriented classification; Remote sensing; Shelterbelts

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELTERBELT; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CANTERBURY PLAINS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84861927862     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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