Predicting Attributes of Regeneration Forests Using Airborne Laser Scanning

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 541-553

  Ole Ørka, Hans ^a   Gobakken, Terje ^a   Næsset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PRODUCTIVITY; SCANNING; SITE SELECTION; SOLS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; FIELD MEASURED VALUES; FOREST INVENTORY; MEAN TREE HEIGHT; PREDICTION ERRORS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

REFORESTATION;

EID: 84980000162     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2016.1199269     Document Type: Article

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