Cool temperate rainforest and adjacent forests classification using airborne LiDAR data

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Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-448

  Zhang, Zhenyu ^a,b   Liu, Xiaoye ^b   Peterson, Jim ^a   Wright, Wendy ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cool temperate rainforest; Forest classification; Forest structure; LiDAR; Statistical analysis; Strzelecki Ranges

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AIRBORNE SENSING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; LIDAR; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATE FOREST;

AUSTRALIA; STRZELECKI RANGES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 80855147529     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2011.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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