The suitability of leaf-off airborne laser scanning data in an area-based forest inventory of coniferous and deciduous trees

This study examined the suitability of airborne laser scanner (ALS) data collected under leaf-off conditions in a forest inventory, in which deciduous and coniferous trees need to be separated. All analyses were carried out with leaf-on and leaf-off ALS data collected from the same st...

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Main Authors: Villikka, Maria, Packalén, Petteri, Maltamo, Matti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 2012-01-01
Series:Silva Fennica
Online Access:https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/68