Estimation of tree crown volume from airborne lidar data using computational geometry

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 7236-7248

  Korhonen, Lauri ^a   Vauhkonen, Jari ^b   Virolainen, Anni ^a   Hovi, Aarne ^b   Korpela, Ilkka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FORESTRY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AIRBORNE LIDAR; AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; DESCRIBE TREES; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; FIELD MEASURED VALUES; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNDERSTORY;

COMPUTATION; FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 84881619691     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.817715     Document Type: Article

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