Forest variable estimation using a high-resolution digital surface model

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-84

  Jarnstedt J ^a   Pekkarinen, A ^b   Tuominen, S ^a   Ginzler, C ^c   Holopainen, M ^d   Viitala, R ^e  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HÄME UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Canopy height model; Forest inventory; Photogrammetric surface model

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; BASAL AREA; CANOPY HEIGHT MODELS; DATA-SOURCES; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; DOMINANT HEIGHT; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWING STOCKS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION AERIAL IMAGES; LASER DATA; LASER POINT; LASER SCANNING; OPTICAL REMOTE-SENSING IMAGERY; SURFACE MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA;

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BASAL AREA; CANOPY; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FOREST INVENTORY; LASER; REMOTE SENSING;

ESTIMATION; FOREST CANOPY; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN; TREE DIMENSIONS;

EID: 84867418357     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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