Individual snag detection using neighborhood attribute filtered airborne lidar data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-179

  Wing, Brian M ^a   Ritchie, Martin W ^a   Boston, Kevin ^b   Cohen, Warren B ^c   Olsen, Michael J ^d  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne lidar; Forestry; Lidar filtering; Neighborhood attribute lidar filtering; Snag density; Snag detection; Snags

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

AIRBORNE LIDAR; DISCRETE-RETURN LIDAR; FILTERING ALGORITHM; INDIVIDUAL TREE DETECTIONS; SNAG DENSITY; SNAGS; SPARSE DISTRIBUTION; STANDING DEAD TREES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84937761104     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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