Above ground biomass estimation across forest types at different degradation levels in central kalimantan using lidar data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-48

  Kronseder, Karin ^a,b   Ballhorn, Uwe ^a,b   Böhmc, Viktor ^c   Siegert, Florian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b REMOTE SENSING SOLUTIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^c Kalteng Consultans   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; forest degradation; Forest inventory; Indonesia; LiDAR; Reduced emissions from deforestation and; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; LIDAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

EID: 84864510891     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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