A model for deriving voxel-level tree leaf area density estimates from ground-based LiDAR

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-189

  Béland, Martin ^a,c   Widlowski, Jean Luc ^b   Fournier, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D leaf area distribution; Forest structure; Ground based LiDAR; Leaf area index; Modelling; Voxel

Indexed keywords

FOREST STRUCTURE; GROUND-BASED LIDARS; LEAF AREA DISTRIBUTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; VOXEL;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ECOSYSTEMS; MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; RAY TRACING;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST CANOPY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LEAF AREA; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MODELS; RADAR;

EID: 84886840190     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.09.034     Document Type: Article

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