Using Lidar-Derived Vegetation Profiles to Predict Time since Fire in an Oak Scrub Landscape in East-Central Florida
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Lidar Data Acquisition and Pre-Processing
2.3. Data Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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Angelo, J.J.; Duncan, B.W.; Weishampel, J.F. Using Lidar-Derived Vegetation Profiles to Predict Time since Fire in an Oak Scrub Landscape in East-Central Florida. Remote Sens. 2010, 2, 514-525. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs2020514
Angelo JJ, Duncan BW, Weishampel JF. Using Lidar-Derived Vegetation Profiles to Predict Time since Fire in an Oak Scrub Landscape in East-Central Florida. Remote Sensing. 2010; 2(2):514-525. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs2020514
Chicago/Turabian StyleAngelo, James J., Brean W. Duncan, and John F. Weishampel. 2010. "Using Lidar-Derived Vegetation Profiles to Predict Time since Fire in an Oak Scrub Landscape in East-Central Florida" Remote Sensing 2, no. 2: 514-525. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs2020514