Extracting height and crown of individual tree using airborne LIDAR data

Beijing Linye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing Forestry University

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 83-89

  Liu, Qing Wang ^a   Li, Zeng Yuan ^a   Chen, Er Xue ^a   Pang, Yong ^a   Wu, Hong Gan ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Double tangent tree crown recognition algorithm; Individual tree; Laser applications; LIDAR; Tree crown; Tree height

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DOUBLE-TANGENT TREE CROWN RECOGNITION ALGORITHM; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LIDAR; TREE CROWN; TREE HEIGHT;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; TREES;

EID: 57449111463     PISSN: 10001522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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