Lidar plots — a new large-area data collection option: Context, concepts, and case study

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 600-618

  Wulder, Michael A ^a   White, Joanne C ^a   Bater, Christopher W ^b,e   Coops, Nicholas C ^b   Hopkinson, Chris ^c,f   Chen, Gang ^a,d  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; FORESTRY; SAMPLING; SURVEYS;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CONVENTIONAL MONITORING; DATABASE DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MASS DATA PROCESSING; NATIONAL MONITORING PROGRAMS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTS; MONITORING; RADAR; SAMPLING; SURVEYS;

EID: 84865043836     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m12-049     Document Type: Article

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