Tropical forest biomass mapping from dual frequency SAR interferometry (X and P-bands)

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 35, Issue , 2004, Pages 1133-1136

  Santos, J R ^a   Neeff, T ^b   Dutra, L V ^a   Araujo, L S ^a   Gama, F F ^a   Elmiro, M A T ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forestry; Interferometer; Inventory; Land cover; Mapping; Modelling; SAR

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MAPPING; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MODELS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; INVENTORY; LAND COVER; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84907446362     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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