Fine-resolution forest tree height estimation across the Sierra Nevada through the integration of spaceborne LiDAR, airborne LiDAR, and optical imagery

Forests of the Sierra Nevada (SN) mountain range are valuable natural heritages for the region and the country, and tree height is an important forest structure parameter for understanding the SN forest ecosystem. There is still a need in the accurate estimation of wall-to-wall SN tree height distri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yanjun Su, Qin Ma, Qinghua Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Earth
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2016.1227380