Relationships between snowpack depth and primary LiDAR point cloud derivatives in a mountainous environment

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 352, Issue , 2012, Pages 354-358

  Hopkinson, Chris ^a   Pomeroy, John ^b   Debeer, Chris ^b   Ellis, Chad ^b   Anderson, Axel ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change detection; Coniferous canopy; Intensity; LiDAR; Mountain snowpack

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; CONIFEROUS CANOPY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INTENSITY; LIDAR INTENSITIES; LIDAR POINT CLOUDS; MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK; MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT;

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SURVEYING;

OPTICAL RADAR;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; HEADWATER; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; MAPPING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SNOWPACK; TRANSECT;

FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; INTENSITY; MELTING; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWOODS;

ALBERTA; BOW RIVER; CANADA; MARMOT CREEK;

MARMOTA;

EID: 84883403817     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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