Lidar remote sensing for ecosystem studies

BioScience

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-30

  Lefsky, Michael A ^a   Cohen, Warren B ^b   Parker, Geoffrey G ^c   Harding, David J ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0036165976     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0019:LRSFES]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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