Characterization of aboveground biomass in an unmanaged boreal forest using Landsat temporal segmentation metrics

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-146

  Frazier, Ryan J ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   Kennedy, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal; Canada; Forest; Landsat; LiDAR; Multitemporal; Random forests

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; OPTICAL RADAR;

BOREAL; CANADA; FOREST; LANDSAT; MULTI-TEMPORAL; RANDOM FORESTS;

TRAJECTORIES;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; LIDAR; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEGMENTATION;

CANADA;

EID: 84898649754     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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