A comparison of point clouds derived from stereo imagery and airborne laser scanning for the area-based estimation of forest inventory attributes in boreal Ontario

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 214-232

  Pitt, Doug G ^a   Woods, Murray ^b   Penner, Margaret ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Forest Analysis Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FOREST INVENTORY; ONTARIO , CANADA; OPTICAL IMAGERY; PERCENTAGE POINTS; PRIMARY DATA SOURCE;

STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84987933258     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2014.958420     Document Type: Article

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