Estimation of the North-South Transect of Eastern China forest biomass using remote sensing and forest inventory data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5598-5610

  Gao, Yanhua ^a,b   Liu, Xinxin ^c   Min, Chengcheng ^a,d   He, Honglin ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a   Liu, Min ^a   Zhu, Xudong ^a   Wang, Qiao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b National Center of Solid Waste Management   (China)

^c Jinan City Planning Consultation Service Centre   (China)

^d HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; FORESTRY; MAPPING; METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS;

BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; NORTH SOUTH TRANSECT OF EASTERN CHINAS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS;

BIOMASS;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SINK; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; THEMATIC MAPPING; TRANSECT;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; MAPPING; METEOROLOGY; SPECTROMETERS;

CHINA;

EID: 84877797400     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.794985     Document Type: Article

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