A laser scanner based measurement system for quantification of citrus tree geometric characteristics

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 777-788

  Lee, Kyeong Hwan ^a   Ehsani, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Laser scanner; Tree canopy surface area; Tree canopy volume; Tree canopy width; Tree height

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; LASER SCANNER; TREE CANOPY SURFACE AREA; TREE CANOPY VOLUME; TREE CANOPY WIDTH; TREE HEIGHT;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FORESTRY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENTS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

SCANNING;

CITRUS; ERRORS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; LASERS; MEASUREMENT; SCANNERS; SCANNING; TREES; VOLUME;

CITRUS;

EID: 70350778362     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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