Lidar remote sensing of the canopy structure and biophysical properties of Douglas-fir western hemlock forests

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-361

  Lefsky, M A ^a   Cohen, W B ^a   Acker, S A ^b   Parker, G G ^c   Spies, T A ^a   Harding, D ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CANOPY; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI);

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033394698     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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