Improving temporal and spatial consistency of forest biomass data by integrating forest yield tables and satellite radar data

Author

Chen, W. ; Cihlar, J. ; Pavlic, G. ; Zhang, Q. ; Fernandes, R. ; Wang, S. ; Kerr, J. ; Ung, C.H. ; Price, D.T. ; Moghaddam, M. ; McDonald, K.

Author_Institution

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

1777

Abstract

Biomass information is needed by research activities relating to natural resources sustainability, carbon cycle, and forest fire fuel loading. Yet, spatially and temporally consistent biomass data distribution over large scales is often not available. In this study, we explore the potential of developing such a forest biomass data sets by integrating traditional yield tables and satellite data.

Keywords

forestry; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; vegetation mapping; biomass; data integration; forest; forest yield tables; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; radar remote sensing; remote sensing; satellite radar; spaceborne radar; spatial consistency; temporal consistency; vegetation mapping; Bioinformatics; Biomass; Equations; Forestry; Large-scale systems; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Yield estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026251

Filename

1026251