Airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) for individual tree stem location, height, and biomass measurements

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2494-2528

  Edson, Curtis ^a   Wing, Michael G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Forestry; Inventory; Lidar

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS MEASUREMENTS; CONIFER FORESTS; EXTRACTION METHOD; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST BIOMASS; INDIVIDUAL TREE; INVENTORY; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SOFTWARE PROGRAM; TOTAL BIOMASS; TREE HEIGHT; TREE LOCATION; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ESTIMATION; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; SOFTWOODS; STEMS; WATER SHEDS;

EID: 84856729456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3112494     Document Type: Article

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