Advanced Geospatial and Ground Based Techniques in Forest Monitoring

Advanced Geospatial and Ground Based Techniques in Forest Monitoring provides insight into advanced geospatial technology in the field of forestry. It provides both traditional and special techniques for monitoring the forest, including biophysical and biochemical parameters, retrieval, species identification, mapping, and classification. The book covers the latest technology to using SAR data, hyperspectral data, and the integration of data sets for the enhanced accuracy of the results and its outcome. Advanced Geospatial and Ground Based Techniques in Forest Monitoring will benefit the academic and the research community with latest research ideas and problem-solving skills in forestry and land management. - Includes the application of EO data for forest monitoring in both natural resources mapping and forest sustainable management- Presents advancements in geospatial technology using multispectral, hyperspectral, radar microwave, and LIDAR data in forest monitoring and its parameter retrieval- Covers upcoming satellite missions for forest monitoring