Estimating tree and stand variables in a Corsican Pine woodland from terrestrial laser scanner data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 5195-5209

  Tansey, K ^a   Selmes, N ^b   Anstee, A ^c   Tate, N J ^a   Denniss, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SCANNING; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

CIRCULAR HOUGH TRANSFORMATIONS; CONIFEROUS TREES; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST ENVIRONMENTS; REASONABLE ACCURACY; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; LASER METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SCANNER; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; WOODLAND;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FORESTRY; INSTRUMENTS; LASERS; MEASUREMENT; SCANNERS; SCANNING; SURVEYING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEICESTERSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CONIFERALES;

EID: 70449436363     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902882587     Document Type: Article

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