Ground-based laser imaging for assessing three-dimensional forest canopy structure

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1349-1358

  Henning, Jason G ^a   Radtke, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CANOPY HEIGHT MODELS; CUBIC LATTICES; DIGITAL TERRAIN METHODS; GAP FRACTION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FOREST CANOPY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGING METHOD; LASER METHOD; MIXED FOREST; SCANNER;

FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845452281     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.72.12.1349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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