Estimation of forest stand parameters from airborne laser scanning using calibrated plot databases

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-270

  Junttila, Virpi ^a   Kauranne, Tuomo ^a   Leppänen, Vesa ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Forest inventory; Lidar scanning; Plot databases; Timber sampling

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; BAYESIAN METHODS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST PARAMETERS; FOREST STAND; LIDAR SCANNING; NON-PARAMETRIC; PLOT DATABASES; RANDOM VARIATION; REGRESSION METHOD; SCANNING CONDITIONS; SCANNING PARAMETERS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; TIMBER;

SCANNING;

AIR CRAFT; DATA BASES; ESTIMATION; FORESTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LASERS; RADAR; SAMPLING; SCANNERS; SCANNING; SURVEYING;

EID: 77953880077     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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