Mapping individual tree species in an urban forest using airborne lidar data and hyperspectral imagery: AAG remote sensing specialty group 2011 award winner

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1079-1087

  Zhang, Caiyun ^a   Qiu, Fang ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 84868023232     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.78.10.1079     Document Type: Article

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