Using airborne laser altimetry to determine fuel models for estimating fire behavior

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 10-17

  Seielstad, Carl A ^a   Queen, Lloyd P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mapping; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FUELS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AIRBORNE LASER ALTIMETRY;

FORESTRY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALTIMETRY; FOREST FIRE; FUEL; INVENTORY; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0038168996     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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