Forest leaf area index (LAI) inversion using airborne LiDAR data

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1467-1475

  Luo, She Zhou ^a,b   Wang, Cheng ^a   Zhang, Gui Bin ^c   Xi, Xiao Huan ^a   Li, Gui Cai ^d  

^a CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

^b BEIJING CITY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Echoes intensity; Forest vegetation; LAI; Laser penetration index; LiDAR

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA; ECHOES INTENSITY; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; FOREST VEGETATION; LEAVE-ONE-OUT CROSS-VALIDATION (LOOCV); OBJECTIVE ESTIMATIONS; PENETRATION INDEX; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFALL; RESPIRATION; SATELLITE DATA; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

COEFFICIENTS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; LASERS; PENETRATION; PLANTS; RADAR; RAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GANSU;

EID: 84880503314     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: 08989591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20130505     Document Type: Article

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