A growth prediction system for local stand volume derived from LIDAR data

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-415

  Nakajima, Tohru ^a   Hirata, Yasumasa ^b   Hiroshima, Takuya ^a   Furuya, Naoyuki ^b   Tatsuhara, Satoshi ^a   Tsuyuki, Satoshi ^a   Shiraishi, Norihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; PREDICTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 80052650732     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.48.3.394     Document Type: Article

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