Carbon stock assessment using remote sensing and forest inventory data in Savannakhet, Lao PDR

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 5452-5479

  Vicharnakorn, Phutchard ^a   Shrestha, Rajendra P ^a   Nagai, Masahiko ^a   Salam, Abdul P ^a   Kiratiprayoon, Somboon ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Carbon stock; Image classification; Landsat; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CARBON STOCKS; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER IMAGES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84943325781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6065452     Document Type: Article

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