The potential of spectral mixture analysis to improve the estimation accuracy of tropical forest biomass

Geocarto International

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-345

  Basuki, Tyas Mutiara ^a,b   Skidmore, Andrew K ^a   van Laake, Patrick E ^a   van Duren, Iris ^a   Hussin, Yousif A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Forestry Research Institute of Solo   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

above ground biomass; decomposition of mixed components; fraction endmembers; selective logging; spectral mixture analysis

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84863615576     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2011.634928     Document Type: Article

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