Large-scale estimation of change in aboveground biomass in miombo woodlands using airborne laser scanning and national forest inventory data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 188, Issue , 2017, Pages 106-117

  Ene, Liviu Theodor ^a   Næsset, Erik ^a   Gobakken, Terje ^a   Bollandsås, Ole Martin ^a   Mauya, Ernest William ^a   Zahabu, Eliakimu ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Biomass; Change estimation; Miombo woodlands; Sample survey

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LASER APPLICATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; CHANGE ESTIMATION; LONGITUDINAL SURVEYS; MIOMBO WOODLANDS; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AERIAL SURVEY; AIRBORNE SENSING; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LASER METHOD; RESEARCH PROGRAM; TREE; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE; WOODLAND;

TANZANIA;

EID: 85006910755     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.10.046     Document Type: Article

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