An application of LiDAR in a double-sample forest inventory

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-101

  Parker, Robert C ^a   Evans, David L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal area; Idaho; LiDAR; Mixed conifer forests; Trees ac; Volume

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HARDWOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWOODS; TIMBER;

FOREST INVENTORY; MIXED CONIFER FORESTS; REGRESSION ESTIMATION;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARDWOODS; INVENTORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXED STANDS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 2942711670     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/19.2.95     Document Type: Article

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