Estimating above-ground biomass in young forests with airborne laser scanning

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 473-501

  Næsset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNERS; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; CANOPY HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; HETEROSKEDASTICITY; LOGARITHMIC TRANSFORMATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST CANOPY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

PICEA;

EID: 79551659995     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903474970     Document Type: Article

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