Estimating forest growth using canopy metrics derived from airborne laser scanner data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 453-465

  Næsset, Erik ^a   Gobakken, Terje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Canopy density; Canopy height; Forest growth; Forest monitoring; Laser scanning

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

CANOPY DENSITY; FOREST GROWTH; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MEAN TREE HEIGHT;

REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST CANOPY; HEIGHT; REMOTE SENSING;

BASAL AREA; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; GROWTH; LASERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; TREES;

PICEA;

EID: 21444438315     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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