Combining mobile and static terrestrial laser scanners to investigate individual crown attributes during foliation

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-375

  Lin, Yi ^a   Hyyppä, Juha ^a   Jaakkola, Anttoni ^a  

^a FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST CANOPIES; IN-FIELD; LEAF AREA INDEX; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

LASERS; SEEBECK EFFECT; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84869994671     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m11-045     Document Type: Article

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