Forest stand height determination from low point density airborne laser scanning data in Rožňava Forest enterprise zone (Slovakia)

IForest

Volumn 6, Issue JANUARY 2013, 2013, Pages 48-54

  Smreček, Róbert ^a   Danihelová, Zuzana ^a  

^a Technical University in Zvolen   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Forest stand height; Forestry; Low point density

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873160478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0767-006     Document Type: Article

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