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. 2016 Apr 28;11(4):e0154115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154115

Table 1. Description of lidar-derived vertical profile metrics.

Variable Description
Mean Synthetic DBH mean dbh of modeled trees in synthetic forest
Synthetic Shape shape parameter of the best fit Weibull distribution
Coh_0.087 lidar coherence at a frequency of 0.087 rad/m (73 m vertical wavelength)
Coh_0.15 lidar coherence at a frequency of 0.15 rad/m (42 m vertical wavelength)
Coh_0.31 lidar coherence at a frequency of 0.31rad/m (20 m vertical wavelength)
Coh_0.46 lidar coherence at a frequency of 0.46 rad/m (14 m vertical wavelength)
Coh_0.67 lidar coherence at a frequency of 0.67 rad/m (9 m vertical wavelength)
Coh_1.04 lidar coherence at a frequency of 1.04 rad/m (6 m vertical wavelength)
Entropy forest height diversity within 1 m bins
PAI estimated plant area index
Layer Count number of local maximums in vertical profile
Highest Maxima elevation of the highest local maximum
Layer Diff elevation difference between highest maxima and lowest maxima