Polar grid fraction as an estimator of montane tropical forest canopy structure using airborne lidar

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 7464-7473

  Vaughn, Nicholas R ^a,b   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Giardina, Christian P ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

FIELD INSTRUMENTS; KEY DETERMINANTS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; PERCENTILE-BASED ESTIMATORS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POLAR COORDINATE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SENSING; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIDAR; MONTANE FOREST; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY; RADAR; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 84884487500     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2013.820003     Document Type: Article

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