| Author | Natthasiree Chulinrak |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.RS-12-07 |
| Subject(s) | Forest biomass--Remote sensing--Asia, Southeastern
Biomass--Remote sensing--Asia, Southeastern
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
Degree of Master of Science in
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study focuses on above ground biomass (AGB) in Dipterocarp forest along the road
number 9, Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR, Southeast Asia. The aims of the study were to
i) explore in both direct and indirect existing measurements of AGB estimation ii) examine
the characteristic of Dipterocarp forest from forest inventory iii) study an alternative AGB
estimation through multiple regression analysis on ALOS A VNIR-2, PALSAR, and AGB
forest inventory iv) examine the optical and radar characteristic of Dipterocarp forest.
Based on both literature and empirical study, a framework was developed to help
understand the methodology for this study. For estimation of AGB, the direct and indirect
measurements were used in this study. Destructive and Non-Destructive methods were
fulfilled AGB estimation. ALOS AVNIR-2 and PALSAR (L-band) HH and HVPolarization were applied for this study. Then, statistical analysis was fulfilled to achieve
the function for AGB estimation. The direct measurement done by manpower was
expensive and time-consuming. Moreover, wide and inaccessible forest areas were hard to
collect data although AGB was very precise and accurate. Therefore, the indirect
measurement extracted the productivity through remote sensing technology. Although
multiple regressions served an unsatisfactory correlation to the study due to the saturation
level on radar backscatter, the potential of radar backscatter characteristic can be explained
Dipterocarp forest through three consecutive years on satellite images.
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Remote Sensing (RS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kamiya, Yoshikazu |
| Examination Committee(s) | Taravudh Tipdecho ; Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 |
