Mapping Tropical Forest Biomass by Combining ALOS-2, Landsat 8, and Field Plots Data

Mapping Tropical Forest Biomass by Combining ALOS-2, Landsat 8, and Field Plots Data

This research was carried out in a dense tropical forest region with the objective of improving the biomass estimates by a combination of ALOS-2 SAR, Landsat 8 optical, and field plots data. Using forest inventory based biomass data, the performance of different parameters from the two sensors was e...

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Main Authors: Luong Viet Nguyen, Ryutaro Tateishi, Akihiko Kondoh, Ram C. Sharma, Hoan Thanh Nguyen, Tu Trong To, Dinh Ho Tong Minh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
forest biomass
SAR
L-band ALOS-2
backscatter
texture
Landsat 8
NDVI
accuracy
Vietnam
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/5/4/31

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