THE USE of SATELLITE IMAGERY to GUIDE FIELD PLOT SAMPLING SCHEME for BIOMASS ESTIMATION in GHANAIAN FOREST

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 221-226

  Sah, B P ^a   Hamalainen J M ^b   Sah, A K ^a   Honji, K ^a   Foli, E G ^c   Awudi, C ^d  

^a PASCO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Oy Arbonaut Ltd   (Finland)

^c FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission   (Ghana)

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EID: 84904499462     PISSN: 21949042     EISSN: 21949050     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprsannals-I-4-221-2012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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