Synergies of multiple remote sensing data sources for REDD+ monitoring

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-706

  De Sy, Veronique ^a   Herold, Martin ^a   Achard, Frédéric ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^c   Held, Alex ^d   Kellndorfer, Josef ^e   Verbesselt, Jan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 84869218879     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.09.013     Document Type: Review

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