Light detection and ranging and hyperspectral data for estimation of forest biomass: A review

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Man, Qixia ^a,b   Dong, Pinliang ^c   Guo, Huadong ^a,b   Liu, Guang ^b   Shi, Runhe ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Data fusion; Hyperspectral; Light detection and ranging

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; DATA FUSION; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; HYPERSPECTRAL; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MULTI SENSOR IMAGES; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL INFORMATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

BIOMASS; CARBON; DATA; LIGHT;

EID: 84920694440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.8.081598     Document Type: Review

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