Surface moisture and vegetation influences on lidar intensity data in an agricultural watershed

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-284

  Garroway, Kevin ^a   Hopkinson, Christopher ^a   Jamieson, Rob ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; LASER PULSES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; LASER PULSE INTENSITY; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NORMALIZED INTENSITY COMPARISONS; REFLECTANCE PROPERTIES; VOLUMETRIC MOISTURE CONTENT;

MOISTURE;

EID: 84870041836     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m11-036     Document Type: Article

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