How to assess the accuracy of the individual tree-based forest inventory derived from remotely sensed data: a review

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 4521-4553

  Yin, Dameng ^a   Wang, Le ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELLING; ESSENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS; EVALUATION SCHEME; INDIVIDUAL TREE CROWN; INDIVIDUAL TREE DETECTIONS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SPECIES CLASSIFICATION;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84990829753     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2016.1214302     Document Type: Review

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