Evaluating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Images for Estimating Forest Canopy Fuels in a Ponderosa Pine Stand

Forests in the Southwestern United States are becoming increasingly susceptible to large wildfires. As a result, forest managers are conducting forest fuel reduction treatments for which spatial fuels and structure information are necessary. However, this information currently has coarse spatial res...

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Main Authors: Patrick Shin, Temuulen Sankey, Margaret M. Moore, Andrea E. Thode
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
SfM
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/8/1266