Coupling potential of ICESat/GLAS and SRTM for the discrimination of forest landscape types in French Guiana

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-31

  Fayad, I ^a   Baghdadi, N ^a   Gond, V ^b   Bailly, J S ^c   Barbier, N ^d   El Hajj, M ^e   Fabre, F ^f  

^a UMR TETIS   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UMR LISAH   (France)

^d UMR AMAP   (France)

^e NOVELTIS   (France)

^f AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

French Guiana; ICESat GLAS; SRTM DEM; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALTIMETER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRY SEASON; ELEVATION; FOREST CANOPY; ICESAT; PENETRATION; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TROPICAL FOREST; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WET SEASON;

FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 84904742356     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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