Airborne laser scanning in forest management: Individual tree identification and laser pulse penetration in a stand with different levels of thinning

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 752-760

  Hirata, Yasumasa ^a   Furuya, Naoyuki ^b   Suzuki, Makoto ^c   Yamamoto, Hirokazu ^d  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanner; Chamaecyparis obtusa; Individual tree; Thinning operation; Tree height

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; INDIVIDUAL TREE; THINNING OPERATION; TREE HEIGHT;

LASER PULSES; LASERS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING;

FORESTRY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LASER METHOD; MODELING; THINNING; WATERSHED;

CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; FORESTRY; LASERS; LITHOGRAPHY; SCANNERS; THINNING;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA;

EID: 67649998493     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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