Classification of plot-level fire-caused tree mortality in a redwood forest using digital orthophotography and LiDAR

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1954-1972

  Bishop, Brian D ^a   Dietterick, Brian C ^b   White, Russell A ^a   Mastin, Tom B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coast redwood; Forestry; LiDAR; Normalized difference vegetation index; Remote sensing; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WOOD;

COAST REDWOOD; COLOR-INFRARED IMAGERY; FIELD ASSESSMENT; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

EID: 84896949122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6031954     Document Type: Article

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