Tree species detection using full waveform LIDAR data in a complex forest

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 38, Issue , 2010, Pages 249-254

  Gupta, S ^a   Koch, B ^a   Weinacker, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Extraction; Lidar; Pattern; Reconstruction; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL RADAR; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLUSTERING APPROACH; COMPLEX FORESTS; DECIDUOUS TREES; MODIFIED ALGORITHMS; PATTERN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TREE EXTRACTION;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; EXTRACTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 84856856957     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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