An IPCC-Compliant Technique for Forest Carbon Stock Assessment Using Airborne LiDAR-Derived Tree Metrics and Competition Index

This study developed an IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) compliant method for the estimation of above-ground carbon (AGC) in forest stands using remote sensing technology. A multi-level morphological active contour (MMAC) algorithm was employed to obtain tree-level metrics (tree heig...

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Main Authors: Chinsu Lin, Gavin Thomson, Sorin C. Popescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-06-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/6/528