Analysis of airborne LiDAR surveys to quantify the characteristic morphologies of northern forested wetlands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Richardson, Murray C ^a,b   Mitchell, Carl P J ^a   Branfireun, Brian A ^a   Kolka, Randall K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL MAP; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LIDAR; METHYLMERCURY; POREWATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CANADA; MINNESOTA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955632894     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG000972     Document Type: Article

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