Global biomass mapping for an improved understanding of the CO 2 balance - The Earth observation mission Carbon-3D

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-104

  Hese, S ^a   Lucht, W ^b   Schmullius, C ^a   Barnsley, M ^c   Dubayah, R ^d   Knorr, D ^a   Neumann, K ^a   Riedel, T ^a   Schroter K ^e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Jena Optronik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Biosphere models; BRDF; Carbon; Carbon 3D; CO 2; Global change; LIDAR

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS MAPPING; BIOSPHERE; DATA PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; MAPPING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

BIOMASS; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; MAPPING; PARAMETERS; PLANTS;

EID: 8844255551     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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