Modelling lidar-derived boreal forest canopy cover with SPOT 4 HRVIR data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 8172-8181

  Korhonen, Lauri ^a   Heiskanen, Janne ^b   Korpela, Ilkka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; INFRARED DEVICES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SATELLITES;

AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGES; REDUCED SIMPLE RATIO; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SHORT WAVE INFRARED;

OPTICAL RADAR;

BOREAL FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; LIDAR; MODELING; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT;

FORESTRY; PROGRAMING LANGUAGES; RADAR; SATELLITES;

EID: 84896284241     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.833361     Document Type: Article

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