EXTRACTION OF FOREST STANDS PARAMETERS FROM ASTER DATA IN OPEN FOREST

Tree crown size (CS) and stem number per hectare (SN) has become increasingly important for forest management and ecosystem monitoring. Tree crown size is also strongly related to other canopy structural parameters, such as diameter at breast height, tree height and biomass. For both issues, remote...

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Main Authors: M. Abbasi, H. R. Riyahi Bakhtyarib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-07-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XXXIX-B4/153/2012/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B4-153-2012.pdf