A multiscale geographic object-based image analysis to estimate lidar-measured forest canopy height using quickbird imagery

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 877-893

  Chen, Gang ^a   Hay, Geoffrey J ^a   Castilla, Guillermo ^a   St Onge, Benoît ^b   Powers, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forests; Geographic object based image analysis; Geographic objectbased texture; Lidar; Multiscale; Quickbird; Shadow fraction

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST CANOPY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; QUICKBIRD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 79960676979     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.496729     Document Type: Article

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