Moving toward consistent ALS monitoring of forest attributes across Canada: A consortium approach

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-173

  Hopkinson, Chris ^a,b   Chasmer, Laura ^c   Colville, David ^d   Fournier, Richard A ^e   Hall, Ronald J ^f   Luther, Joan E ^g   Milne, Trevor ^d,h   Petrone, Richard M ^c   St Onge, Benoît ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^f LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^g NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^h Gaiamatics Solutions Inc   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; FORESTRY; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; APPLICATION RESEARCH; CASE-STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FIELD OPERATION; FOREST OPERATION; KEY ISSUES; LONG TERM MONITORING; LONG TERM PLANNING; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENTS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CERTIFICATION; DATA PROCESSING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GUIDELINE; LIDAR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; RADAR; RESEARCH;

CANADA;

EID: 84873448678     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/pers.79.2.159     Document Type: Article

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