Modeling canopy height in a savanna ecosystem using spaceborne lidar waveforms

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 154, Issue , 2014, Pages 338-344

  Gwenzi, David ^a   Lefsky, Michael Andrew ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Canopy height; ICESat GLAS; Lidar; Savanna

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BIOMASS; CARBON; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

CANOPY COVER; CANOPY HEIGHTS; GEOSCIENCE LASER ALTIMETER SYSTEMS; ICESAT-GLAS; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; SAVANNA;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HEIGHT; ICESAT; LIDAR; NDVI; SAVANNA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA CLARA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908668641     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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