Prediction of forest attributes with field plots, landsat, and a sample of lidar strips: A case study on the kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-150

  Strunk, Jacob L ^a   Temesgen, Hailemariam ^a   Andersen, Hans Erik ^b   Packalen, Petteri ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH; OPTICAL RADAR;

FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD PLOT; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR (KNN); LANDSAT; PREDICTION PRECISION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

FORECASTING;

FIELD SURVEY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSAT; LIDAR; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SAMPLING;

FORECASTS; FORESTRY; RADAR;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893865983     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.80.2.143-150     Document Type: Article

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