Estimation of tropical forest structural characteristics, using large-footprint lidar

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 305-319

  Drake, Jason B ^a   Dubayah, Ralph O ^a   Clark, David B ^b,c   Knox, Robert G ^d   Blair, J Bryan ^d   Hofton, Michelle A ^a   Chazdon, Robin L ^e   Weishampel, John F ^f   Prince, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c La Selva Biological Station   (Costa Rica)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomasss; Carbon; Costa Rica; Forest structure; Laser altimeter; Lidar remote sensing; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

TROPICAL FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIDAR; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0036148791     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(01)00281-4     Document Type: Article

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