Rapid characterisation of forest structure from TLS and 3D modelling

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3387-3390

  Burt, A ^a   Disney, M I ^a,b   Raumonen, P ^c   Armston, J ^d,e   Calders, K ^f   Lewis, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NERC National Centre for Earth Observation   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84894288999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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