Laser altimeter canopy height profiles methods and validation for closed-canopy, broadleaf forests

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 283-297

  Harding, D J ^a   Lefsky, M A ^b   Parker, G G ^c   Blair, J B ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimeter; Altimetry; Broadleaf; Canopy; Forest; Height; Laser; Lidar; SLICER; Structure; Waveform

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ECOSYSTEMS; LASERS; REFLECTION; VEGETATION;

CANOPY; LASER ALTIMETERS;

FORESTRY;

ALTIMETER; BACKSCATTER; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HEIGHT; LASER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034986456     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(00)00210-8     Document Type: Article

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