Investigating bi-temporal hyperspectral lidar measurements from declined trees-Experiences from laboratory test

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 13863-13877

  Junttila, Samuli ^a,b   Kaasalainen, Sanna ^b   Vastaranta, Mikko ^a,b   Hakala, Teemu ^b   Nevalainen, Olli ^b   Holopainen, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Declined trees; Drought; Forest health; Forestry; Hyperspectral sensors; Laser scanning; Lidar

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RADAR; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER SUPPLY;

DECLINED TREES; DROUGHT TREATMENT; FOREST HEALTH; HYPERSPECTRAL SENSORS; LABORATORY TEST; LASER SCANNING; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84945938095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs71013863     Document Type: Article

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