Establishing the sensitivity of ALOS PALSAR to above ground woody biomass: A case study in the pine savannas of Belize, Central America

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 953-956

  Michelakis, Dimitrios G ^a,b   Stuart, Neil ^a,b   Woodhouse, Iain H ^a,b   Lopez, German ^a,b   Linares, Vinicio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE   (Belize)

Author keywords

Biomass; Forestry; North America; Radar Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894265429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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