Distinguishing between live and dead standing tree biomass on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, USA using small-footprint lidar data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2499-2510

  Kim, Yunsuk ^a   Yang, Zhiqiang ^a   Cohen, Warren B ^b   Pflugmacher, Dirk ^a   Lauver, Chris L ^c   Vankat, John L ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Dead; Forest; Grand Canyon; Intensity; Lidar; North Rim; Small footprint

Indexed keywords

DEAD; FOREST; GRAND CANYON; INTENSITY; LIDAR; NORTH RIM; SMALL FOOTPRINT;

BIODIVERSITY; BOND (MASONRY); ESTIMATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; PARKS; REMOTE SENSING;

BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; NATIONAL PARK; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA;

EID: 70349183248     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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