Assessing woody biomass in African tropical savannahs by multiscale remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4525-4549

  Wu, Weicheng ^a   De Pauw, Eddy ^a   Helldén, Ulf ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAND USE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REGRESSION EQUATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION COMMUNITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIOMASS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LIDAR; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; TREE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WOODLAND;

SUDAN;

EID: 84876429162     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.777487     Document Type: Article

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