Forest disturbances and regrowth assessment using ALOS PALSAR data from 2007 to 2010 in Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Mermoz, Stéphane ^a   Le Toan, Thuy ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

ALOS PALSAR; Biomass loss; Continental Southeast Asia; Forest change detection

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATA HANDLING; DEFORESTATION; FUZZY LOGIC; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TROPICS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ALOS PALSAR; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; EXPECTATION - MAXIMIZATIONS; FOREST CHANGE; SAR DATA PROCESSING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRAINING AND TESTING;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84962515498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8030217     Document Type: Article

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