Determination of mean tree height of forest stands by digital photogrammetry

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 446-459

  Næsset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Digital photogrammetry; Forest inventory; Tree heights

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANOPY HEIGHTS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 18644373349     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028275802320435469     Document Type: Article

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