Investigating laser pulse penetration through a conifer canopy by integrating airborne and terrestrial lidar

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-125

  Chasmer, Laura ^a   Hopkinson, Chris ^b   Treitz, Paul ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Applied Geomatics Research Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LASER PULSES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; DATA ACQUISITION; OPTICAL RADAR; SOFTWOODS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS; BIOMASS; REMOTE SENSING;

CONIFER CANOPY; LASER PULSE PENETRATION; TERRESTRIAL LIDARS; TREE CROWN; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; LASER PULSE SAMPLING; TERRESTRIAL LIDAR; TERRESTRIAL LIDAR SURVEYS; CANOPY PROPERTIES; DIEBACK; MAXIMUM CROWN DIAMETER; MAXIMUM CROWN DIAMETERS;

OPTICAL RADAR; LASER PULSES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FORESTRY;

ESTIMATION; LASERS; PINUS; RADAR; SAMPLING; DATA PROCESSING; SOFTWOODS; STATISTICAL METHODS; FORESTRY; SURVEYS; FOREST CANOPY; DATA RECORDING; REMOTE SENSING;

AIRBORNE LIDARS; LASER PULSE PENETRATION; TERRESTRIAL LIDARS;

EID: 33746142045     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m06-011     Document Type: Article

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