Estimation of tropical forest structural characteristics using large-footprint lidar

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Remote Sensing of Environment

• Publication date

  2002-02-01

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  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/S0034-4257(01)00281-4
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