Combination of optical and LiDAR satellite imagery with forest inventory data to improve wall-to-wall assessment of growing stock in Italy

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 377-386

  Maselli, F ^a   Chiesi, M ^a   Mura, M ^b   Marchetti, M ^b   Corona, P ^c   Chirici, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^b EcoGeoFor Università del Molise   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CORINE land cover; Forest inventory; GLAS; Locally weighted regression; MODIS

Indexed keywords

FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; MODIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ITALY;

EID: 84897841608     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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