Gross-merchantable timber volume estimation using an airborne lidar system

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 7-18

  Maclean, Gordon A ^a   Krabill, W B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADAR, OPTICAL - APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS - REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE LIDAR SYSTEM; GROSS-MERCHANTABLE TIMBER VOLUME;

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EID: 0022927008     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1986.10855092     Document Type: Article

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