Biomass assessment in the Cameroon savanna using ALOS PALSAR data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-119

  Mermoz, Stéphane ^a   Le Toan, Thuy ^a   Villard, Ludovic ^a   Réjou Méchain, Maxime ^b   Seifert Granzin, Joerg ^c  

^a CESBIO   (France)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^c Mesa Consult   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALOS PALSAR; Biomass mapping; Cameroon; Carbon assessment; Savanna

Indexed keywords

ALOS PALSAR; ALOS PALSAR DATUM; BIOMASS ASSESSMENT; CAMEROON; SAVANNA;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALOS; CARBON; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; PALSAR; PIXEL; POLARIZATION; SAVANNA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84909588028     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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