Spatially explicit estimation of aboveground boreal forest biomass in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 939-953

  Ji, Lei ^a   Wylie, Bruce K ^a   Brown, Dana R N ^b   Peterson, Birgit ^a   Alexander, Heather D ^c   Mack, Michelle C ^d   Rover, Jennifer ^a   Waldrop, Mark P ^e   McFarland, Jack W ^e   Chen, Xuexia ^f   Pastick, Neal J ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; YUKON RIVER BASINS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; REFLECTANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

YUKON BASIN;

EID: 84923382274     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1004764     Document Type: Article

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