Forest biophysical and biochemical properties from hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing

Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping with Remote Sensing

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 429-448

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Ustin, Susan L ^b   Townsend, Philip A ^c   Martin, Roberta E ^a   Chadwick, K Dana ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; FORESTRY;

BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CARBON STOCKS; FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTE; HYPERSPECTRAL; LIDAR REMOTE SENSING; NEW APPROACHES; REMOTE MEASUREMENT; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84982818513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b19322     Document Type: Chapter

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