Estimating single tree stem volume of Pinus sylvestris using airborne laser scanner and multispectral line scanner data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 929-944

  Straub, Christoph ^a   Koch, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Multispectral line scanner data; PINUS sylvestris; Single trees; Stem volume

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; MULTI-SPECTRAL; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SINGLE TREES; STEM VOLUME;

FORECASTING; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REMOTE SENSING;

SCANNING;

FORESTRY; LASERS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; STEMS;

EID: 80052538442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3050929     Document Type: Article

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