Forest canopy height from the Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) assessed with high resolution discrete return lidar

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2172-2185

  Chopping, Mark ^a   Nolin, Anne ^b   Moisen, Gretchen G ^c   Martonchik, John V ^d   Bull, Michael ^d  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Canopy; Cover; Forest; Height; Inversion; Mapping; Model; Multiangle

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COVER; FOREST; HEIGHT; INVERSION; MULTIANGLE;

BIOMASS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORESTRY; LITHIUM; MAPPING; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EOS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIDAR; OPTICAL METHOD; PHYTOMASS; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SENSOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING; UNDERSTORY;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; INVERSION; LITHIUM; MAPPING; RADAR; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049094981     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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