Development of regional models of Pinus radiata height from GIS spatial data supported with supplementary satellite imagery

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Watt, Pete ^a   Meredith, Andrew ^a   Yang, Chen ^a   Watt, Michael S ^b  

^a Indufor Asia Pacific Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airborne laser systems; ALS; Forestry; High resolution images

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

AIRBORNE LASER SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; STAND PRODUCTIVITIES;

FORESTRY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; GIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIDAR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAIRUA; WAIKATO;

EID: 84891450952     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: 11795395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1179-5395-43-11     Document Type: Article

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