Estimating CO2 sequestration by forests in oita prefecture, Japan, by combining LANDSAT ETM+ and ALOS satellite remote sensing data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3544-3570

  Sanga Ngoie, Kazadi ^a   Iizuka, Kotaro ^b   Kobayashi, Shoko ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALOS; CO2 sequestration; GIS; Land use land cover maps; LANDSAT

Indexed keywords

ALOS; BROADLEAF FOREST; FOREST AREA; FOREST COVER; FOREST RESOURCES; FOREST TYPE; HYBRID CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LANDSAT; LANDSAT ETM; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PER UNIT; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA; STEM VOLUME; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TREE AGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; GIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

EID: 84870782627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4113544     Document Type: Article

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