Integration of lidar and Landsat ETM+ data for estimating and mapping forest canopy height

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 397-416

  Hudak, Andrew T ^a   Lefsky, Michael A ^b   Cohen, Warren B ^a   Berterretche, Mercedes ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FREQUENCIES; MAPPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

GEOSTATISTICAL RANGE;

REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST CANOPY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; KRIGING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LIDAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036789609     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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