LiDAR remote sensing of forest structure

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-106

  Lim, Kevin ^a   Treitz, Paul ^a   Wulder, Michael ^b   St Ongé, Benoît ^c   Flood, Martin ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Airborne 1 Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Forest structure; Laser altimetry; LiDar; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOREST CANOPY; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 0037342526     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0309133303pp360ra     Document Type: Article

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