Reducing uncertainty in mapping of mangrove aboveground biomass using airborne discrete return lidar data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Pereira, Francisca Rocha de Souza ^a   Kampel, Milton ^a   Soares, Mário Luiz Gomes ^b   Estrada, Gustavo Calderucio Duque ^c   Bentz, Cristina ^d   Vincent, Gregoire ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^d PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Discrete return lidar; Mangrove; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; DECISION TREES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REMOTE SENSING;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; DISCRETE-RETURN LIDAR; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MANGROVE; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; UNCERTAINTY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 85045999615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10040637     Document Type: Article

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