Estimation of forest canopy height over mountainous areas using satellite lidar

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3157-3166

  Fang, Zhou ^a   Cao, Chunxiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gaussian decomposition; Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS); Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat); light detection and ranging (lidar); mean tree height; mountainous areas

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; EXTRACTION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SATELLITES;

GAUSSIAN DECOMPOSITION; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEMS; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MEAN TREE HEIGHT; MOUNTAINOUS AREA;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84906876111     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2300145     Document Type: Article

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