Determination of mean tree height of forest stands using airborne laser scanner data

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Næsset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Laser scanning; Tree heights

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST STAND; LASER SCANNER; LASER SCANNING; TREE HEIGHT;

FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SCANNING;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; FOREST INVENTORY; MEAN TREE HEIGHTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030616088     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-2716(97)83000-6     Document Type: Article

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