Prediction of wood fiber attributes from LiDAR-derived forest canopy indicators

Forest Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-242

  Hilker, Thomas ^a,b   Frazer, Gordon W ^c   Coops, Nicholas C ^d   Wulder, Michael A ^c   Newnham, Glenn J ^e   Stewart, James D ^f   van Leeuwen, Martin ^d   Culvenor, Darius S ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; LiDAR; Light regime; Lodgepole pine; Wood fiber

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CANOPY STRUCTURE; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; LIGHT REGIME; LODGEPOLE PINE; SPATIAL CHARACTERIZATION; WOOD CHARACTERISTICS; WOOD FIBER;

OPTICAL RADAR;

FIBERS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; PINUS CONTORTA; RADAR; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURES; WOOD FIBERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84875979304     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.11-074     Document Type: Article

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