Estimation of CO2 sequestration by the forests in Japan by discriminating precise tree age category using remote sensing techniques

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 15082-15113

  Iizuka, Kotaro ^a   Tateishi, Ryutaro ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2; Forest; Japan; Landsat; PALSAR; Sequestration; Tree age

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FOREST; JAPAN; LANDSAT; PALSAR; SEQUESTRATION; TREE AGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84950135763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs71115082     Document Type: Article

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