Modeling aboveground biomass in Hulunber grassland ecosystem by using unmanned aerial vehicle discrete lidar

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Wang, Dongliang ^a,b   Xin, Xiaoping ^a   Shao, Quanqin ^b   Brolly, Matthew ^c   Zhu, Zhiliang ^d   Chen, Jin ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Canopy height; Fractional cover; Grasslands; UAV lidar

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; ANTENNAS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEGETATION;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY HEIGHTS; FRACTIONAL COVER; GRASSLANDS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

OPTICAL RADAR;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANOPY; GRASSLAND; MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

EID: 85010465187     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17010180     Document Type: Article

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