Crown envelope shape measurements and models

Silva Fennica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-33

  Rautiainen, Miina ^a,b   Mõttus, Matti ^a   Stenberg, Pauline ^b   Ervasti, Sanna ^c  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c City of Vantaa   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crown profile; Norway spruce; Reflectance model; Remote sensing; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

CROWN PROFILE; REFLECTANCE MODELS;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SHAPE;

CROWNS; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 41549166865     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.261     Document Type: Review

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