Capturing tree crown formation through implicit surface reconstruction using airborne lidar data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1148-1162

  Kato, Akira ^a   Moskal, L Monika ^b   Schiess, Peter ^b   Swanson, Mark E ^c   Calhoun, Donna ^d   Stuetzle, Werner ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LTMF ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Crown structure; Crown volume; Implicit surface reconstruction; Isosurface; Lidar; Radial basis functions; Tree parameters; Wrapped surface reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CROWN STRUCTURE; CROWN VOLUME; IMPLICIT SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; ISOSURFACE; LIDAR; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS; TREE PARAMETERS; WRAPPED SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST INVENTORY; GPS; LIDAR; RECONSTRUCTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTION; CROWNS; FORESTRY; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CONIFERALES;

EID: 64749089040     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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