A mixed pixel- and region-based approach for using airborne laser scanning data for individual tree crown delineation in Pinus radiata D. Don plantations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 7671-7690

  González Ferreiro, Eduardo ^a   Diéguez Aranda, Ulises ^a   Barreiro Fernández, Laura ^a   Buján, Sandra ^a   Barbosa, Miguel ^b   Suárez, Juan C ^c   Bye, Iain J ^c   Miranda, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LOCATION; OPTICAL RADAR; PIXELS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNERS; AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; AUTOMATIC LOCATION; CANOPY HEIGHT MODELS; DISCRETE-RETURN LIDAR; FIELD MEASUREMENT; INDIVIDUAL TREE CROWN; REGION BASED APPROACH;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; PIXEL; PLANTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEGMENTATION; TREE;

ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASERS; RADAR;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84884495822     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.823523     Document Type: Article

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