Augmenting forest inventory attributes with geometric optical 1 modelling in support of regional susceptibility assessments to bark
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Sam B. Coggins 5 Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, 6 Vancouver, Canada. 7 8 Nicholas C. Coops (*) 9 Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, 10 Vancouver, Canada. 11 12 Thomas Hilker 13 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Biospheric Sciences Branch Code 618. Greenbelt 14 Maryland, USA. 15 16 Michael A. Wulder 17 Canadian Forest Service (Pacific Forestry Centre), Natural Resources Canada, 18 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 19 20 *corresponding author 21 2424 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada. 22 Phone: 604 822 4148; Email: [email protected] 23 24
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