Extracting structural characteristics of herbaceous floodplain vegetation under leaf-off conditions using airborne laser scanner data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2447-2467

  Straatsma, M ^a   Middelkoop, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; RIVERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; FLOODPLAIN VEGETATION;

VEGETATION;

AIRBORNE SENSOR; DATA SET; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVER FLOW; VEGETATION;

EID: 34249896656     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600928633     Document Type: Article

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