Simulating the impact of discrete-return lidar system and survey characteristics over young conifer and broadleaf forests

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1546-1560

  Disney, M I ^a,b   Kalogirou, V ^c   Lewis, P ^a,b   Prieto Blanco, A ^d   Hancock, S ^b,e   Pfeifer, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birch; Canopy; Discrete return; Forest; lidar; Monte Carlo ray tracing; Pine; Structure

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; BETULA PUBESCENS; BROADLEAF FOREST; CANOPY HEIGHTS; CANOPY SCATTERING; CANOPY STRUCTURE; CONIFER CANOPY; CROWN HEIGHT; DISCRETE-RETURN LIDAR; DOWNY BIRCH; EXTREME CASE; FOREST ENVIRONMENTS; LIDAR SYSTEMS; MODEL ESTIMATES; MODEL-BASED; MONTE-CARLO RAY TRACING; PHYSICAL MODEL; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PULSE INTERACTION; SAMPLING DENSITIES; SCAN ANGLE; SCANNING ANGLES; SCOTS PINE;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FORESTRY; MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SURVEYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

OPTICAL RADAR;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOTPRINT; FORESTRY MODELING; LIDAR; MODEL TEST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

BETULA; CROWNS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PINUS; RADAR;

BETULA PUBESCENS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77951101959     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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