Laser scanner applications in forest and environmental sciences

European Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-123

  Pirotti, Francesco ^a   Grigolato, Stefano ^a   Lingua, Emanuele ^a   Sitzia, Tommaso ^a   Tarolli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological Assessment; Forest Attributes; Geomorphology; LiDAR; Terrestrial Laser scanning (TLS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857348462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22797254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5721/ItJRS20124419     Document Type: Article

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