Characterizing tropical forests with multispectral imagery

Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping with Remote Sensing

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 3-22

  Helmer, E H ^a   Goodwin, Nicholas R ^b   Gond, Valéry ^c   Souza, Carlos M ^d   Asner, Gregory P ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c Forest Ecosystems Goods and Services   (France)

^d Inst Homen Meio Ambiente Amazonia   (Brazil)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ORGANIC CARBON; TROPICS; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOMASS AND SOILS; CO2 EMISSIONS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST DISTURBANCES; LOCAL CLIMATE; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; TROPICAL FOREST;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 85013653323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b19322     Document Type: Chapter

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