Forest height estimation using semi-individual tree detection in multi-spectral 3D aerial DMC data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 6372-6375

  Wallerman, Jörgen ^a   Bohlin, Jonas ^a   Fransson, Johan E S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; estimation; forestry; inventory; photogrammetry; point cloud

Indexed keywords

3D DATA; ACCURATE ESTIMATION; AERIAL IMAGERY; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; AREA-BASED; AUTOMATIC MATCHING; CELL LEVELS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHODS; FIELD PLOT; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST HEIGHT; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING; INDIVIDUAL TREE CROWN; INVENTORY; MAXIMUM TREE HEIGHT; MODELING APPROACH; MULTI-SPECTRAL; POINT CLOUD; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SCANDINAVIA; STEREO-IMAGE; TREE HEIGHT;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FORESTRY;

AIR CRAFT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; FOREST CANOPY; GEOLOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 84873147533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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