Estimating leaf bulk density distribution in a tree canopy using terrestrial LiDAR and a straightforward calibration procedure

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 7995-8018

  Pimont, François ^a   Dupuy, Jean Luc ^a   Rigolot, Eric ^a   Prat, Vincent ^a   Piboule, Alexandre ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Research and Development   (France)

Author keywords

Filtering; Forest fuel; LiDAR wavelength; Mixed pixels; Phase shift LiDAR; Quercus pubescens

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON; FILTRATION; FORESTRY; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; PIXELS;

CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; FOREST FUEL; LIDAR POINT CLOUDS; MIXED PIXEL; PUBESCENS; TERRESTRIAL LIDARS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

BIOMASS; DISTRIBUTION; FORESTS; LEAVES; QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 84933515758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70607995     Document Type: Article

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