NDLI: Tropical Forest Canopy Height and Aboveground Biomass Estimation Using Airborne Lidar and Landsat-8 Data, a Sensitivity Study with Respect to Landsat-8 Data Temporal Availability, in Mai Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Tropical Forest Canopy Height and Aboveground Biomass Estimation Using Airborne Lidar and Landsat-8 Data, a Sensitivity Study with Respect to Landsat-8 Data Temporal Availability, in Mai Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Author	Kashongwe, Herve B.
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	................................................................................................................................. ix 1.0.INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 2.0.THESIS OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................... 5 3.0.LITTERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................... 6 3.1.The human impact on vegetation .................................................................................. 6 3.2.Land cover change ........................................................................................................ 6 3.3.The Tropical forests ...................................................................................................... 7 3.4.The Congo Basin forests ............................................................................................... 8 3.5.Forest structure.............................................................................................................. 9 3.6.LiDAR application for forest structure estimates ....................................................... 10 3.7.Mapping forest canopy heights ................................................................................... 11 3.8.Aboveground biomass estimates................................................................................. 13 3.9.Literature review conclusion....................................................................................... 14 4.0.MATERIALS AND METHODS ....................................................................................... 16 4.1.Materials ..................................................................................................................... 16 4.1.1. Study area ............................................................................................................... 16
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