Area-based mapping of defoliation of scots pine stands using airborne scanning LiDAR

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1220-1234

  Vastaranta, Mikko ^a   Kantola, Tuula ^a   Lyytikäinen Saarenmaa, Päivi ^a   Holopainen, Markus ^a   Kankare, Ville ^a   Wulder, Michael ^b   Hyyppä, Juha ^c   Hyyppä, Hannu ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Diprion pini; Forest disturbances; Forest health monitoring; Forest management planning; Needle loss

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; DIPRION PINI; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST HEALTH MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; NEEDLE LOSS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LASERS; MAPPING; PLANNING; RADAR; SCANNING;

EID: 84877658697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5031220     Document Type: Article

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