High-resolution mapping of forest carbon stocks in the Colombian Amazon

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2683-2696

  Asner, G P ^a   Clark, J K ^a   Mascaro, J ^a   Galindo Garcia G A ^b   Chadwick, K D ^a   Navarrete Encinales, D A ^b   Paez Acosta, G ^a   Cabrera Montenegro, E ^b   Kennedy Bowdoin, T ^a   Duque, A ^c   Balaji, A ^a   Von Hildebrand, P ^d   Maatoug, L ^a   Phillips Bernal, J F ^b   Yepes Quintero, A P ^b   Knapp, D E ^a   Garcia Davila M C ^b   Jacobson, J ^a   Ordonez M F ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Instituto de Hidrología   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d Fundación Puerto Rastrojo   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DECISION MAKING; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; TROPICAL FOREST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMAZONAS [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84864226090     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-2683-2012     Document Type: Article

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