Structure from motion (SfM) photogrammetry with drone data: A low cost method for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from forests in developing countries

R Mlambo, IH Woodhouse, F Gerard, K Anderson - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry applied to photographs captured from
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms is increasingly being utilised for a wide range of …

An integrated UAV-borne lidar system for 3D habitat mapping in three forest ecosystems across China

Q Guo, Y Su, T Hu, X Zhao, F Wu, Y Li… - … journal of remote …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In recent decades, global biodiversity has gradually diminished due to the increasing
pressure from anthropogenic activities and climatic change. Accurate estimations of spatially …

Comparison of canopy cover estimations from airborne LiDAR, aerial imagery, and satellite imagery

Q Ma, Y Su, Q Guo - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Canopy cover is an important forest structure parameter for many applications in ecology,
hydrology, and forest management. Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) is a promising tool …

[PDF][PDF] A model development and application guide for generating an enhanced forest inventory using airborne laser scanning data and an area-based approach

J White, P Tompalski, M Vastaranta, MA Wulder… - 2017 - helda.helsinki.fi
Summary 1 Otherwise known as airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). 2 https://cfs.
nrcan. gc. ca/publications? id= 34887 3 https://cfs. nrcan. gc. ca/publications? id= 35375 In …

Removing bias from LiDAR-based estimates of canopy height: Accounting for the effects of pulse density and footprint size

JR Roussel, J Caspersen, M Béland, S Thomas… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Airborne laser scanning (LiDAR) is used in forest inventories to quantify stand structure with
three dimensional point clouds. However, the structure of point clouds depends not only on …

Vertical stratification of forest canopy for segmentation of understory trees within small-footprint airborne LiDAR point clouds

H Hamraz, MA Contreras, J Zhang - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Airborne LiDAR point cloud representing a forest contains 3D data, from which vertical stand
structure even of understory layers can be derived. This paper presents a tree segmentation …

Quantification of hidden canopy volume of airborne laser scanning data using a voxel traversal algorithm

D Kükenbrink, FD Schneider, R Leiterer… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Accurate three-dimensional information on canopy structure contributes to better
understanding of radiation fluxes within the canopy and the physiological processes …

Forest understory trees can be segmented accurately within sufficiently dense airborne laser scanning point clouds

H Hamraz, MA Contreras, J Zhang - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Airborne laser scanning (LiDAR) point clouds over large forested areas can be processed to
segment individual trees and subsequently extract tree-level information. Existing …

Impacts of airborne lidar pulse density on estimating biomass stocks and changes in a selectively logged tropical forest

CA Silva, AT Hudak, LA Vierling, C Klauberg, M Garcia… - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Airborne lidar is a technology well-suited for mapping many forest attributes, including
aboveground biomass (AGB) stocks and changes in selective logging in tropical forests …

[HTML][HTML] Automated matching of multiple terrestrial laser scans for stem mapping without the use of artificial references

J Liu, X Liang, J Hyyppä, X Yu, M Lehtomäki… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Terrestrial laser scanning has been widely used to analyze the 3D structure of a forest in
detail and to generate data at the level of a reference plot for forest inventories without …