Automated in-situ laser scanner for monitoring forest Leaf Area Index

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 14994-15008

  Culvenor, Darius S ^a,b   Newnham, Glenn J ^a   Mellor, Andrew ^c   Sims, Neil C ^a   Haywood, Andrew ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Environmental Sensing Systems   (Australia)

^c Victorian Department of Primary Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy; Forest; Lai; Lidar; Rangefinding; Vegnet

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; RANGE FINDING; VEGETATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CANOPY; FOREST; GROUND-BASED MONITORING; LAI; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION; VEGNET; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

FORESTRY;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RADAR; AUSTRALIA; FORESTS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84919356324     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140814994     Document Type: Article

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