Forest Cover Estimation in Ireland Using Radar Remote Sensing: A Comparative Analysis of Forest Cover Assessment Methodologies

• John Devaney ,

  * E-mail: devaneyj@si.edu

  Current address: Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre, 647 Contees Wharf, Edgewater, MD 21037, United States of America,

  Affiliation School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Rep. of Ireland

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• Brian Barrett,

  Current address: School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

  Affiliation School of Geography and Archaeology, University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Rep. of Ireland

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• Frank Barrett,

  Affiliation Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Rep. of Ireland

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• John Redmond,

  Affiliation Forest Service, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Rep. of Ireland

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• John O`Halloran

  Affiliation School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University College Cork (UCC), Cork, Rep. of Ireland

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