Weibull and percentile models for lidar-based estimation of basal area distribution

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 490-502

  Gobakken, Terje ^a   Næsset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanner; Basal area distribution; Diameter distribution

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BASAL AREA DISTRIBUTION; LASER SCANNERS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; FORESTRY; LASERS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 29944446530     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580500373186     Document Type: Article

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