A tractor-mounted scanning LIDAR for the non-destructive measurement of vegetative volume and surface area of tree-row plantations: A comparison with conventional destructive measurements

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-134

  Rosell Polo, Joan Ramon ^a   Sanz, Ricardo ^a   Llorens, Jordi ^c   Arnó, Jaume ^a   Escolà, Alexandre ^a   Ribes Dasi, Manel ^a   Masip, Joan ^a   Camp, Ferran ^b   Gràcia, Felip ^b   Solanelles, Francesc ^b   Pallejà, Tomàs ^a   Val, Luis ^d   Planas, Santiago ^a   Gil, Emilio ^c   Palacín, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; CROPS; FORESTRY; ORCHARDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK);

DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENTS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROUND SURFACES; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS;

EID: 58749113054     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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