Analysis of the influence of plot size and LiDAR density on forest structure attribute estimates

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 936-951

  Ruiz, Luis A ^a   Hermosilla, Txomin ^a,b   Mauro, Francisco ^c   Godino, Miguel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data density; Forest attributes; Forest inventory; Forest structure; LiDAR; Plot size; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

DATA DENSITY; FOREST ATTRIBUTES; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST STRUCTURE; PLOT SIZE;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STAND STRUCTURE; VOLUME;

FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84902474988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5050936     Document Type: Article

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