Estimation of species-specific diameter distributions using airborne laser scanning and aerial photographs

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1750-1760

  Packalén, Petteri ^a   Maltamo, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SPACE OPTICS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; BOREAL FORESTS; DECIDUOUS TREES; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; FINLAND; FOREST INVENTORIES; FOREST STANDS; GROWING STOCKS; NEAREST NEIGHBOURS; NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES [L.] KARST.); PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.; REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION; SCOTS PINES; TEST CRITERIA; TREE SPECIES; WEIBULL;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR CRAFT; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASERS; OPTICS; PARAMETERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 47749140767     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-037     Document Type: Article

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