Interest of a full-waveform flown UV lidar to derive forest vertical structures and aboveground carbon

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1454-1480

  Shang, Xiaoxia ^a   Chazette, Patrick ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Aboveground carbon; Airborne lidar; Forest vertical structures; Full waveform UV lidar; Uncertainty study

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OPTICAL RADAR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABOVE-GROUND CARBONS; AIRBORNE LIDAR; FULL-WAVEFORMS; UNCERTAINTY STUDIES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CARBON; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; LIDAR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CARBON; FORESTRY; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

FONTAINEBLEAU FOREST; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; SEINE ET MARNE; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84903446176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5061454     Document Type: Article

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