Characterizing peatland carbon balance estimates using freely available Landsat ETM+ data

Ecohydrology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 493-503

  Crichton, K A ^a,b   Anderson, K ^c   Bennie, J J ^c   Milton, E J ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Carbon inventory; Landsat ETM+; Peatlands; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LUMINANCE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEXTURES;

CARBON ACCOUNTING; CARBON INVENTORIES; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION; GEOSTATISTICAL METHOD; LANDSAT ETM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFIERS; PEAT LAND;

WETLANDS;

ERIOPHORUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 84928093672     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1519     Document Type: Article

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