Segment-constrained regression tree estimation of forest stand height from very high spatial resolution panchromatic imagery over a boreal environment

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2474-2484

  Mora, Brice ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^a   White, Joanne C ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Forest inventory; Forest stand height; Monitoring; Object based; Panchromatic; QuickBird; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BOREAL; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST STAND; OBJECT BASED; PANCHROMATIC; QUICKBIRD;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; BOREAL FOREST; CALIBRATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; PANCHROMATIC IMAGE; PHYTOMASS; PIXEL; QUICKBIRD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AIR CRAFT; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION; FORESTS; IMAGES; MONITORING; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 77956173733     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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