Estimation of Coniferous Standing Tree Volume Using Airborne LiDAR and Passive Optical Remote Sensing

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-116

  Nakai, Yohei ^a   Hosoi, Fumiki ^a   Omasa, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne LiDAR; Japanese red pine; Passive optical remote sensing; Three dimensional; Tree volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893971928     PISSN: 00218588     EISSN: 18810136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2480/agrmet.66.2.4     Document Type: Article

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