Using VEGNET In-Situ monitoring LiDAR (IML) to capture dynamics of plant area index, structure and phenology in Aspen Parkland Forests in Alberta, Canada

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1053-1068

  Portillo Quintero, Carlos ^a   Sanchez Azofeifa, Arturo ^a   Culvenor, Darius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Environmental Sensing Systems   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem monitoring; Ground LiDAR; Hypertemporal; Leaf area index; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENT ERRORS; OPTICAL RADAR;

EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; HYPERTEMPORAL; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHENOLOGICAL CHANGES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; BIOMONITORING; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIDAR; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MONITORING; RADAR;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84902504819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5051053     Document Type: Article

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