Effects of different flying altitudes on biophysical stand properties estimated from canopy height and density measured with a small-footprint airborne scanning laser

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-255

  Næsset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Canopy density; Canopy height; Forest inventory; Laser scanning; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIRBORNE SCANNING LASERS; CANOPY HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; FLYING ALTITUDES;

REMOTE SENSING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST INVENTORY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

PICEA;

EID: 2542600770     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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