Surface lidar remote sensing of basal area and biomass in deciduous forests of eastern Maryland, USA

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-98

  Lefsky, Michael A ^a   Harding, D ^b   Cohen, W B ^c   Parker, G ^d   Shugart, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DATA ACQUISITION; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE SURFACE LIDAR SYSTEM; CHRONOSEQUENCE DATA SET; QUADRATIC MEAN CANOPY HEIGHT;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIOMASS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; STAND STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032776183     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00071-6     Document Type: Article

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