Estimating forest canopy fuel parameters using LIDAR data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-449

  Andersen, Hans Erik ^a   McGaughey, Robert J ^b   Reutebuch, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Canopy fuels; Forestry; Mapping; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

CROSS-VALIDATION; FIRE RESEARCH; FOREST STRUCTURES; PREDICTIVE MODELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUELWOOD; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING;

FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REMOTE SENSING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12944288072     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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