Estimating mangrove canopy height and above-ground biomass in the Everglades National Park with airborne LiDAR and TanDEM-X data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Feliciano, Emanuelle A ^a,b,c   Wdowinski, Shimon ^a,d   Potts, Matthew D ^e   Lee, Seung Kuk ^b,f   Fatoyinbo, Temilola E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Canopy height; Forest structure; LiDAR; Mangroves; TanDEM X

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTICAL RADAR;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY HEIGHTS; FOREST STRUCTURE; MANGROVES; TANDEM-X;

FORESTRY;

EID: 85022335037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9070702     Document Type: Article

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