Observing the forest canopy with a new ultra-violet compact airborne lidar

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 7386-7403

  Cuesta, Juan ^a,b   Chazette, Patrick ^c   Allouis, Tristan ^d   Flamant, Pierre H ^a   Durrieu, Sylvie ^d   Sanak, Joseph ^c   Genau, Pascal ^b   Guyon, Dominique ^e   Loustau, Denis ^e   Flamant, Cyrille ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UMR TETIS   (France)

^e BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne lidar; Canopy lidar; Laser; Ultra light airplane; Ultra violet emission; Vegetation active remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LIDAR; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; DETECTION THRESHOLD; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; ULTRA-LIGHT; ULTRA-VIOLET; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; LASERS; OPTICAL RADAR; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORESTRY; FRANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORESTRY; FRANCE; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PINUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TREES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77957244014     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100807386     Document Type: Article

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