Lidar intensity for improved detection of inundation below the forest canopy

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1166-1178

  Lang, Megan W ^a   McCarty, Greg W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forested wetlands; Hydrology; Inundation; Wetland mapping

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODING; FOREST CANOPY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; WETLAND;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449132799     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-197.1     Document Type: Article

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