Invasive species detection in Hawaiian rainforests using airborne imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1942-1955

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Knapp, David E ^a   Kennedy Bowdoin, Ty ^a   Jones, Matthew O ^a   Martin, Roberta E ^a   Boardman, Joseph ^b   Hughes, R Flint ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL IMAGING AND GEOPHYSICS LLC   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer; AVIRIS; CAO; Carnegie Airborne Observatory; Hawaii; Invasive species; Light detection and ranging; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROMETER; AVIRIS; CAO; CARNEGIE AIRBORNE OBSERVATORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; TROPICAL FORESTS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ABUNDANCE; AVIRIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIDAR; MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; SENESCENCE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41249102807     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.11.016     Document Type: Article

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