Lidar-based mapping of forest volume and biomass by taxonomic group using structurally homogenous segments

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1033-1044

  Van Aardt, Jan A N ^a   Wynne, Randolph H ^b   Scrivani, John A ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virginia Department of Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY;

BIOMASS ESTIMATION; CANOPY HEIGHT MODELS; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT CLASSIFICATIONS; HIERARCHICAL SEGMENTATION; OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACH; OVERALL ACCURACIES; SMALL FOOTPRINTS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

CLASSIFICATION; HOMOGENEITY; LIDAR; STAND STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR;

NORTH AMERICA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 50249143976     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.74.8.1033     Document Type: Article

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