Simulation study for finding optimal lidar acquisition parameters for forest height retrieval

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 398-412

  Lovell, J L ^a   Jupp, D L B ^a   Newnham, G J ^a   Coops, N C ^a,b   Culvenor, D S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Inventory; Predominant height

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OPTICAL RADAR;

FOREST INVENTORY PARAMETERS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; LIDAR DATA; STEM DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIDAR;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SIMULATION; STEMS;

EID: 21444439599     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.07.077     Document Type: Article

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