The use of ALOS/PALSAR backscatter to estimate above-ground forest biomass: A case study in Western Siberia

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 137, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-146

  Peregon, Anna ^a   Yamagata, Yoshiki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Above ground forest biomass (AGB); Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS); Boreal forest; Phased Array L band Synthetic Aperture Radar; SAR backscatter; Western Siberia

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; BOREAL FORESTS; FOREST BIOMASS; L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; SAR BACKSCATTER; WESTERN SIBERIA;

BACKSCATTERING; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALOS; BACKSCATTER; BOREAL FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST INVENTORY; MIXED FOREST; PALSAR; RADAR;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; OPTICAL SCATTERING; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES;

SIBERIA;

EID: 84880444057     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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