A fine-scale architectural model of trees to enhance LiDAR-derived measurements of forest canopy structure

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-85

  Côté, Jean François ^a   Fournier, Richard A ^b   Frazer, Gordon W ^c   Olaf Niemann, K ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D architectural model; Airborne LiDAR; Forest canopy structure; Terrestrial LiDAR

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOREST CANOPY; LEAF AREA; LIDAR; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84864813066     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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