Accuracy assessment of timber volume maps using forest inventory data and LiDAR canopy height models

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2253-2275

  Hill, Andreas ^a   Breschan, Jochen ^a   Mandallaz, Daniel ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Airborne laser scanning; Canopy height model; Forest inventory; Optimization techniques; Timber volume mapping

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; CANOPY HEIGHT MODELS; FOREST INVENTORY; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; TIMBER VOLUME;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST INVENTORY; HEIGHT; LIDAR; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; TIMBER HARVESTING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84907563457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5092253     Document Type: Article

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