Quantifying boreal forest structure and composition using UAV structure from motion

Forests

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Alonzo, Michael ^a   Andersen, Hans Erik ^b   Morton, Douglas C ^c   Cook, Bruce D ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Basal area; Boreal forest; Species classification; Structure from motion; Tree density; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BASAL AREA; BOREAL FORESTS; SPECIES CLASSIFICATION; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; TREE DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AERIAL SURVEY; BASAL AREA; BOREAL FOREST; CLASSIFICATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; TREE; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 85042773915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f9030119     Document Type: Article

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