Estimating above-ground biomass by fusion of LiDAR and multispectral data in subtropical woody plant communities in topographically complex terrain in North-eastern Australia

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 761-771

  Ediriweera, Sisira ^a,c   Pathirana, Sumith ^a   Danaher, Tim ^b   Nichols, Doland ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c UVA WELLASSA UNIVERSITY   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

above ground biomass; Fusion; LiDAR; multispectral data; subtropical plant communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939893461     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-014-0485-7     Document Type: Article

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