Calibrated tree counting on remotely sensed images of planted forests

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 3819-3836

  Pont, David ^a   Kimberley, Mark O ^a   Brownlie, Rod K ^a   Sabatia, Charles O ^b   Watt, Michael S ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; CALIBRATION PLOT; DETECTION PROCESS; EVEN-AGED STANDS; FOREST INVENTORY; ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPHOTO; REMOTE SENSING; TREE;

ALGORITHMS; COST CONTROL; COUNTING; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; TREES;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84938703731     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1054048     Document Type: Article

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