Comparing different methods for prediction of mean crown height in Norway spruce stands using airborne laser scanner data

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-268

  Maltamo, M ^a   Bollandsas O M ^a   Vauhkonen, J ^b   Breidenbach, J ^a   Gobakken, T ^a   Naesset E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; CALIBRATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIELD METHOD; LASER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SCANNER;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77954975567     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq008     Document Type: Article

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