Using airborne light detection and ranging (LIDAR) to characterize forest stand condition on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-102

  Andersen, Hans Erik ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Forest classification; Lidar

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; FOREST CLASSIFICATION; FOREST INVENTORY ANALYSIS; INTENSITY INFORMATION; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; OPERATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIDARS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INVENTORIES; MEMBRANES; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING;

EID: 69849090408     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/24.2.95     Document Type: Article

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