Volume estimates of trees with complex architecture from terrestrial laser scanning

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lefsky, Michael ^a   McHale, Melissa R ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm development; Allometric relationships; Terrestrial lidar; Urban trees; Volume equations

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; OPTICAL RADAR;

ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT; ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP; TERRESTRIAL LIDARS; URBAN TREES; VOLUME EQUATIONS;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHMS; CITIES; DATA PROCESSING; EQUATIONS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; SAMPLING; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN; TREES; VOLUME;

EID: 60849116905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2939008     Document Type: Article

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