Influence of fusing lidar and multispectral imagery on remotely sensed estimates of stand density and mean tree height in a managed loblolly pine plantation

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-466

  McCombs, John W ^a   Roberts, Scott D ^a   Evans, David L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ALTMS; Infrared; Inventory; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY;

REMOTE SENSING;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0037871474     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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