Estimating forest attributes using observations of canopy height: A model-based approach

Forest Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 411-422

  Mehtätalo, Lauri ^a   Nyblom, Jukka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Boolean model; Canopy height; Forest inventory; Marked point process; Maximum likelihood; Porosity; Size distribution; Stand density; Tree height

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; BOOLEAN MODEL; CANOPY HEIGHT; FOREST INVENTORY; MARKED POINT PROCESS; STAND DENSITY; TREE HEIGHT;

LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER THEORY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SCANNING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST CANOPY; LASERS; POROSITY; SCANNING; STAND DENSITY;

EID: 70349820723     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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