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Assessment of forest thinning intensity using sparse point clouds from repeated airborne lidar measurements Cover

Assessment of forest thinning intensity using sparse point clouds from repeated airborne lidar measurements

By: Mait Lang and  Tauri Arumäe  
Open Access
|Jan 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2018-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1736-8723 | Journal ISSN: 1406-9954
Language: English
Page range: 40 - 50
Submitted on: Oct 14, 2018
Accepted on: Oct 29, 2018
Published on: Jan 25, 2019
Published by: Estonian University of Life Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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