Study of bat flight behavior by combining thermal image analysis with a LiDAR forest reconstruction

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Xiaoyuan ^a   Schaaf, Crystal ^a   Strahler, Alan ^b   Kunz, Thomas ^c   Fuller, Nathan ^c   Betke, Margrit ^b   Wu, Zheng ^b   Wang, Zhuosen ^a   Theriault, Diane ^b   Culvenor, Darius ^d   Jupp, David ^e   Newnham, Glenn ^e   Lovell, Jenny ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d Environmental Sensing Systems   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY RECONSTRUCTION; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FORAGING BEHAVIORS; GROUND-BASED LIDARS; THERMAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; THERMAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

FLIGHT PATHS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL RADAR;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 84876377215     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m13-034     Document Type: Article

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