Modelling canopy fuel variables for Pinus radiata D. Don in NW Spain with low-density LiDAR data

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 350-362

  González Ferreiro, Eduardo ^a   Diéguez Aranda, Ulises ^a   Crecente Campo, Felipe ^a   Barreiro Fernández, Laura ^a   Miranda, David ^a   Castedo Dorado, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

airborne laser scanning; ALS; canopy base height; canopy bulk density; canopy fuel load; forest inventory; fuel management; Galicia; Plan Nacional de Ortofotograf A rea de Espa a; remote sensing; Spanish PNOA project; stand height

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900306473     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF13054     Document Type: Article

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