Different methodologies for calculating crown volumes of Platanus hispanica trees using terrestrial laser scanner and a comparison with classical dendrometric measurements

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-185

  Fernandez Sarria A ^a   Martinez L ^a   Velazquez Marti B ^a   Sajdak, M ^a   Estornell, J ^a   Recio, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy volume; Convex hull; Laser scanner; Voxel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LASERS; PROCESSING; SEEBECK EFFECT;

BREAST HEIGHT; CANOPY VOLUME; CLASSICAL METHODS; CONVEX HULL; CROWN DIAMETER; CROWN VOLUME; GEOMETRIC MODELS; HORIZONTAL SECTION; LASER POINT; LASER SCANNER; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; POINT CLOUD; POLYHEDRAL SURFACE; PROCESSING METHOD; PROCESSING SPEED; REGRESSION EQUATION; RESIDUAL BIOMASS; STANDARD METHOD; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS; URBAN TREES; VOXEL;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FRUIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRIANGULATION; VOLUME;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LASERS; SCANNERS; SURVEYING;

PLATANUS HISPANICA;

EID: 84871926476     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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