Estimating timber volume of forest stands using airborne laser scanner data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 246-253

  Næsset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER; CANOPY COVER DENSITY; CANOPY HEIGHT; FOREST STAND TIMBER VOLUME;

REMOTE SENSING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; CANOPY HEIGHT; FOREST STAND; FORESTRY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LASER SCANNER; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCES ASSESSMENT; TIMBER VOLUME; TREE CANOPY;

PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031202594     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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