Mapping and estimating forest area and aboveground biomass in miombo woodlands in Tanzania using data from airborne laser scanning, TanDEM-X, RapidEye, and global forest maps: A comparison of estimated precision

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 175, Issue , 2016, Pages 282-300

  Næsset, Erik ^a   Ørka, Hans Ole ^a   Solberg, Svein ^b   Bollandsås, Ole Martin ^a   Hansen, Endre Hofstad ^a   Mauya, Ernest ^a   Zahabu, Eliakimu ^c   Malimbwi, Rogers ^c   Chamuya, Nurdin ^d   Olsson, Håkan ^e   Gobakken, Terje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d Tanzania Meteorological Agency   (Tanzania)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Airborne laser; Forest area; Global ALOS PALSAR maps; Global Landsat maps; InSAR; Miombo woodlands; Model assisted estimation; RapidEye; REDD+; TanDEM X; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; INVESTMENTS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AIRBORNE LASERS; ALOS PALSAR; FOREST AREA; INSAR; LANDSAT; MIOMBO WOODLANDS; RAPIDEYE; REDD; TANDEM-X; TROPICAL FOREST;

MAPPING;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LANDSAT; LASER METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; PRECISION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION MAPPING; WOODLAND;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84960350657     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.01.006     Document Type: Article

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