inventory mapping. Given the knowledge
and experience acquired during this project,
the Woodlands Services Division of
MacMillan Bloedel will be well prepared to
incorporate RADARSAT in their mapping
process when the data become available.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
C/X SAR airborne data were provided by
CCRS. SPOT and ERS-1 data were
provided by RSI. The authors also wish to
thank Dr. Frank Ahern of the CCRS
Forestry Applications Development Section
for his comments and suggestions during
the initial stages of the study and to thank
Dennis Nazarenko of RSI for reviewing this
document.
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