Mapping forest height in Alaska using GLAS, landsat composites, and airborne LiDAR

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12409-12426

  Peterson, Birgit ^a   Nelson, Kurtis J ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Forest height; GLAS; LANDFIRE; LiDAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920086685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs61212409     Document Type: Article

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