SCOPE 23
The Role of Terrestrial Vegetation in the Carbon Cycle:
Measurement by Remote Sensing
Edited by:
George M. Woodwell - The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Published on behalf of the:
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
of the
International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)
by:
JOHN WILEY & SONS
Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore
Copyright 1984: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
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Title Pages
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
1. The carbon dioxide problem - G. M. Woodwell
2. Classification and mapping of plant communities: a review with emphasis on tropical vegetation -
D. Mueller-Dombois
3. Organic carbon in soils of the world - P. Buringh
4. Soil organic matter: a source of atmospheric CO2 - W. H. Schlesinger
5. Remote sensing to measure the disribution and structure of vegetation - R.M. Hoffer
6. Remote sensing for monitoring vegetation: an emphasis on satellites - F.C. Billingsley
7. Coupling remotely sensed data to ground observations - A.B. Park
8. The LACIE experiment in satellite aided monitoring of global crop production - J.D. Erickson
9. Measurement of changes in the vegetation of the earth by satellite imagery - G.M. Woodwell,
J.E. Hobbie, R.A. Houghton, J.M. Metillo, B. Moore, A.B. Park, B.J. Peterson, and G.R. Shaver
