A multi-sensor lidar, multi-spectral and multi-angular approach for mapping canopy height in boreal forest regions

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 458-471

  Selkowitz, David J ^a   Green, Gordon ^b   Peterson, Birgit ^c,e   Wylie, Bruce ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ASRC Research and Technology Solutions   (United States)

^d Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center   (United States)

^e EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Canopy height mapping; GLAS; MISR; MODIS

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CANOPY HEIGHTS; GLAS; MISR; MODIS;

ATMOSPHERICS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW; VEGETATION;

PHOTOMAPPING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALTIMETRY; BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLEAR SKY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; GROWING SEASON; HEIGHT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; MISR; MODIS; SNOW COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MAPPING; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; PLANTS; RADAR; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SNOW;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858729939     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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