Performance of dense digital surface models based on image matching in the estimation of plot-level forest variables

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-115

  Nurminen, Kimmo ^a   Karjalainen, Mika ^a   Yu, Xiaowei ^a   Hyyppä, Juha ^a   Honkavaara, Eija ^a  

^a FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Dense point cloud; Image matching; Plot level forest variables; Surface model

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; IMAGE MATCHING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; DIGITAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; PLOT-LEVEL FOREST VARIABLES; POINT CLOUD; REFERENCE GROUNDS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SURFACE MODELS;

FORESTRY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST RESOURCE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NADIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; VOLUME;

FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING;

EID: 84880438400     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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