Effect of scanning angle on vegetation metrics derived from a nationwide Airborne Laser Scanning acquisition

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Montaghi, Alessandro ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; ALS DATUM; AREA-BASED; ELEVATION MODELS; FORESTED AREA; NON-PARAMETRIC; RANDOM SELECTION; SCANNING ANGLES;

FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; VEGETATION;

SCANNING;

FORESTRY; LASERS; PLANTS; SCANNING;

EID: 84891082522     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m13-052     Document Type: Article

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