Mapping open space in an old-growth, secondary-growth, and selectively-logged tropical rainforest using discrete return LIDAR

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2453-2461

  Jung, Jinha ^a   Pekin, Burak K ^b,c   Pijanowski, Bryan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Feature extraction; light detection and ranging (LIDAR); vegetation structure characterization; vertical canopy gaps

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAPS; DISCRETE-RETURN LIDAR; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MAPPING VEGETATIONS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FEATURE EXTRACTION; OPTICAL RADAR; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OPEN SPACE; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTS; RADAR; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

EID: 84890116319     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2253306     Document Type: Article

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