Estimation of tree biomass volume in Alpine forest areas using multireturn LIDAR data and support vector regression

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7109, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dalponte, Michele ^a   Bruzzone, Lorenzo ^a   Gianelle, Damiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass estimation; Forestry; Multireturn LIDAR; Remote sensing; Support vector regression; Tree diameter estimation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIMBER; VECTORS;

BIOMASS ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FOREST AREAS; FOREST BIOMASSES; INDIVIDUAL TREES; LIDAR DATUMS; MULTIRETURN LIDAR; PHASE BASED; PREPROCESSING MODULES; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SELECTION PROCEDURES; STEM DIAMETERS; SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION; TREE BIOMASSES; TREE CROWNS; TREE DIAMETER ESTIMATION; TREE HEIGHTS; VARIABLE SELECTIONS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; DIAMETER; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SEGMENTATION; TREES;

EID: 57649134498     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.801669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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