Estimating mangrove biophysical variables using worldview-2 satellite data: Rapid creek, Northern Territory, Australia

Journal of Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Heenkenda, Muditha K ^a   Maier, Stefan W ^a   Joyce, Karen E ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Leaf area index; Mangrove; Partial least squares regression; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; FORESTRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS MAP; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANGROVE; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE REGRESSION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WORLDVIEW-2;

MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

EID: 85039059669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2313433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jimaging2030024     Document Type: Article

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