The potential for LiDAR technology to map fire fuel hazard over large areas of Australian forest

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 663-673

  Price, Owen F ^a   Gordon, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Crown fire; Eucalypt forest; Fuel accumulation; Fuel profile

Indexed keywords

FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; CANOPY FUELS; CROWN FIRES; EUCALYPT FOREST; FIRE FUELS; FUEL ACCUMULATION; FUEL LOADS; FUEL PROFILE; POST-FIRE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

FIRES;

EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; FUEL; LIDAR; LITTER; MAPPING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANOPY; CHILD; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; VEGETATION; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; TREE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; TREES;

EID: 84992745449     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.08.042     Document Type: Article

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