The influence of LiDAR pulse density on the precision of inventory metrics in young unthinned Douglas-fir stands during initial and subsequent LiDAR acquisitions

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Watt, Michael S ^a   Meredith, Andrew ^b   Watt, Pete ^b   Gunn, Aaron ^c  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b Indufor Asia Pacific Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c Blakely Pacific Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; ALS; Forest inventory; Laser; LiDAR; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FORESTRY; LASERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FOREST INVENTORY; INVENTORY METRICS; MODELING PRECISION; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; LIDAR; PRECISION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84929543420     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: 11795395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40490-014-0018-3     Document Type: Article

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