Estimation of forest biomass dynamics in subtropical forests using multi-temporal airborne LiDAR data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 178, Issue , 2016, Pages 158-171

  Cao, Lin ^a,b   Coops, Nicholas C ^b   Innes, John L ^b   Sheppard, Stephen R J ^b   Fu, Liyong ^c   Ruan, Honghua ^a   She, Guanghui ^a  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Airborne LiDAR; Biomass change; Canopy height; Direct approach; Forest growth; Multi temporal; Subtropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; OPTICAL RADAR; REFORESTATION; TROPICS;

AIRBORNE LIDAR; CANOPY HEIGHTS; DIRECT APPROACH; FOREST GROWTH; MULTI-TEMPORAL; SUBTROPICAL FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIDAR; STAND STRUCTURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; PINUS MASSONIANA; QUERCUS ACUTISSIMA;

EID: 84961778404     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.03.012     Document Type: Article

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