Assessment of carbon stocks in the topsoil using random forest and remote sensing images

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1910-1918

  Kim, Jongsung ^a   Grunwald, Sabine ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECISION TREES; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE GASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONSERVATION; WETLANDS;

ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIELD OBSERVATION DATA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SATELLITE POUR L'OBSERVATION DE LA TERRE; VARIABLE IMPORTANCES; WATER CONSERVATION AREAS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; PREDICTION; RANDOM FOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND; FOREST;

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FORESTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 85006372095     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2016.03.0076     Document Type: Article

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