From points to numbers: A database-driven approach to convert terrestrial LiDAR point clouds to tree volumes

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1857-1867

  Hildebrandt, Rüdiger ^a   Iost, André ^a  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Database; Sampling slice; Terrestrial laser scanning; Tree stem volumes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOMASS; DATABASE; FOREST RESOURCE; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; SAMPLING;

EID: 84868357553     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0638-1     Document Type: Article

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