Estimating forest biomass and identifying low-intensity logging areas using airborne scanning lidar in Antimary State Forest, Acre State, Western Brazilian Amazon

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 479-491

  d'Oliveira, Marcus V N ^a   Reutebuch, Stephen E ^b   McGaughey, Robert J ^b   Andersen, Hans Erik ^b  

^a EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Amazon forest monitoring; Forest biomass; Lidar; Selective logging; Tropical forest monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; AMAZON FORESTS; FOREST BIOMASS; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; FOREST CANOPY; GIS; LIDAR; OVERSTORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; LOGGING; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

ACRE [BRAZIL]; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 84863203870     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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