A review of radar remote sensing for biomass estimation

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1779-1792

  Sinha, S ^a   Jeganathan, C ^a   Sharma, L K ^b   Nathawat, M S ^c  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF JHARKHAND   (India)

^c INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Interferometry; Polarimetry; SAR; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE TEXTURE; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURES;

BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRACTING INFORMATION; GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES; SPECTRAL INFORMATION; UNCERTAINTY;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DATA SET; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; PHYTOMASS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

BIOMASS; COSTS; RADAR; SATURATION;

EID: 84925059262     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-015-0750-0     Document Type: Review

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