Exploiting tree shadows on snow for estimating forest basal area using Landsat data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-79

  Wolter, P T ^a,c   Berkley, E A ^b   Peckham, S D ^c   Singh, A ^c   Townsend, P A ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest basal area; Landsat; Multi temporal; Oak savanna; Partial least squares regression; Shadow area difference; Snow cover; Sun elevation angle; Tree shadows; Winter

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; ELEVATION ANGLE; LANDSAT; MULTI-TEMPORAL; OAK SAVANNA; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; SHADOW AREA DIFFERENCE; SNOW COVERS; TREE SHADOWS; WINTER;

ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPLOITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; SNOW COVER; VOLUME;

BASAL AREA; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; FORESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW;

EID: 84863421487     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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