Measurement of canopy geometry characteristics using LiDAR laser altimetry: A feasibility study

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2270-2282

  Houldcroft, Caroline J ^a,b   Campbell, Claire L ^a,c   Davenport, Ian J ^a,d   Gurney, Robert J ^d,f   Holden, Nick ^e  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy height; Leaf area index (LAI); Remote sensing; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SCANNING LASER ALTIMETRY; CANOPY HEIGHT; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); VEGETATION MAPPING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

VEGETATION;

EID: 27744465802     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.856639     Document Type: Article

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