Voxel-based 3-D modeling of individual trees for estimating leaf area density using high-resolution portable scanning lidar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3610-3618

  Hosoi, Fumiki ^a   Omasa, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leaf area density (LAD); Leaf area index (LAI); Portable scanning lidar; Tree; Voxel based model

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

LEAF AREA DENSITY (LAD); LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); PORTABLE SCANNING LIDAR; VOXEL-BASED MODEL;

FORESTRY;

ERRORS; RADAR; TREES;

EID: 33845677568     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.881743     Document Type: Article

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