Mapping tropical rainforest canopy disturbances in 3D by COSMO-SkyMed spotlight inSAR-stereo data to detect areas of forest degradation

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 648-663

  Deutscher, Janik ^a   Perko, Roland ^a   Gutjahr, Karlheinz ^a   Hirschmugl, Manuela ^a   Schardt, Mathias ^a  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

3d; COSMO skymed; Digital surface model; Forest degradation; Gap detection; REDD+ monitoring system

Indexed keywords

3D; COSMO-SKYMED; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; FOREST DEGRADATION; GAP DETECTION; MONITORING SYSTEM;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST CANOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 84874787145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5020648     Document Type: Article

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