Validation of Vegetation Canopy Lidar sub-canopy topography measurements for a dense tropical forest

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 491-502

  Hofton, M A ^a   Rocchio, L E ^a   Blair, J B ^b   Dubayah, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; ALTIMETRY; FOOTPRINT; LASER METHOD; PRECISION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VEGETATION COVER;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0036786186     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(02)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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