Detection of biomass change in a Norwegian mountain forest area using small footprint airborne laser scanner data

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-129

  Bollandsås, Ole Martin ^a   Gregoire, Timothy G ^b   Næsset, Erik ^a   Øyen, Bernt Håvard ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Biomass change; Multitemporal data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874724621     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10260-012-0220-5     Document Type: Article

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