Relationship between LiDAR-derived forest canopy height and Landsat images

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1261-1280

  Pascual, Cristina ^a   García Abril, Antonio ^a   Cohen, Warren B ^b   Martín Fernández, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+); FORWARD STEPWISE REGRESSIONS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE MOISTURE INDICES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SATELLITE OPTICAL IMAGERY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

OPTICAL RADAR;

DATA SET; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LIDAR; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

DIFFUSERS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77951102190     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903380656     Document Type: Article

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