Comparison of methods for estimation of stem volume, stem number and basal area from airborne laser scanning data in a hemi-boreal forest

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1004-1023

  Lindberg, Eva ^a   Hollaus, Markus ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Forest parameter; LiDAR; Regression models; Single tree parameter

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; AREA-BASED; BASAL AREA; COMPARISON OF METHODS; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; FIELD PLOT; FILTER SIZES; FOREST PARAMETERS; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MODEL-BASED OPC; REGRESSION MODEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SINGLE TREE PARAMETER; STEM NUMBERS; STEM VOLUME; TREE-BASED;

ESTIMATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FORESTS; LASERS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861325141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs40401004     Document Type: Article

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