Proxies for soil organic carbon derived from remote sensing

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 157-166

  Rasel, S M M ^a   Groen, T A ^b   Hussin, Y A ^b   Diti, I J ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

LiDAR; Nepal; Sal forest; Shorea robusta

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; LIDAR; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL FOREST; WORLDVIEW;

CHITWAN; NARAYANI; NEPAL;

SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 85032273132     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2017.03.004     Document Type: Article

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