Appraisal of seedling stand vegetation with airborne imagery and discrete-return LiDAR - an exploratory analysis

Silva Fennica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 753-772

  Korpela, Ilkka ^a   Tuomola, Tuukka ^a   Tokola, Timo ^a   Dahlin, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Classification; Forest regeneration; Remote sensing; Silviculture; Species

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

DISCRETE-RETURN LIDAR; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; FOREST REGENERATION; INTERSPECIES VARIATION; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; DIGITAL IMAGE; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REGENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; SILVICULTURE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLANTS; RADAR; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SILVICULTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 59849092559     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.466     Document Type: Article

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