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A Practical Application of Radar Imagery for Tropical Rain Forest Vegetation Mapping

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Part of the book series: Handbook of vegetation science ((HAVS,volume 10))

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The humid tropical forest is up to now the major area in which practical experience has been obtained with radar images for vegetation mapping. We have therefore chosen tropical forest mapping as a realistic example to demonstrate the application problems and possibilities.

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A. W. Küchler I. S. Zonneveld

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Smit, G.S. (1988). A Practical Application of Radar Imagery for Tropical Rain Forest Vegetation Mapping. In: Küchler, A.W., Zonneveld, I.S. (eds) Vegetation mapping. Handbook of vegetation science, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3083-4_24

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