Prospects of photon counting lidar for savanna ecosystem structural studies

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-147

  Gwenzi, D ^a   Lefsky, M A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy height; ICESat 2; MABEL; Photon counting lidar; Savanna

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; NASA; PHOTONS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; REMOTE SENSING; TRAVEL TIME; VEGETATION;

CANOPY HEIGHTS; CUMULATIVE DENSITY; DISCRETE-RETURN LIDAR; ICESAT-2; LIDAR SENSORS; MULTIPLE ALTIMETER BEAM EXPERIMENTAL LIDAR; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON COUNTING LIDAR; SAVANNA; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84924242843     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-1-141-2014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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