Training area concept in a two-phase biomass inventory using airborne laser scanning and RapidEye satellite data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 285-309

  Rana, Parvez ^a   Tokola, Timo ^a   Korhonen, Lauri ^a   Xu, Qing ^a   Kumpula, Timo ^a   Vihervaara, Petteri ^b   Mononen, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

ALS; Biomass; Boreal forest; RapidEye; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; ALS; BIOMASS INVENTORIES; BOREAL FORESTS; RAPIDEYE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TWO-PHASE SAMPLINGS;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REMOTE SENSING; DECISION MAKING; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; LASERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; FORESTS; SCANNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84893365027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6010285     Document Type: Article

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