Modeling percent tree canopy cover: A pilot study

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 715-727

  Coulston, John W ^a   Moisen, Gretchen G ^a   Wilson, Barry T ^a   Finco, Mark V ^b   Cohen, Warren B ^a   Brewer, C Kenneth ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Remote Sensing Applications Center   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECISION TREES;

CARBON STORAGE; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; LANDSAT IMAGERY; MODELING TECHNIQUE; NORMALIZATION PROCESS; POLLUTION MITIGATION; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; TREE CANOPY COVERS;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LANDSAT; POLLUTION POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREE;

DECISION THEORY; FOREST CANOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864263454     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.78.7.715     Document Type: Article

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