Elements contributing to accuracy of canopy structure assessment using terrestrial lidar data in broad-leaved forests

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference, ASPRS 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 140-147

  Van Der Cifuentes, Renato ^a   Zande, Dimitry ^b   Van Beek, Jonathan ^a   Farifteh, Jamshid ^a   Coppin, Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Management Unit   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D canopy modeling; Forest canopy structure; Terrestrial LiDAR

Indexed keywords

3D CANOPY MODELS; 3D REPRESENTATIONS; BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; FOREST CANOPY STRUCTURE; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; TERRESTRIAL LIDARS; VOXEL-BASED APPROACHES;

FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SEEBECK EFFECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

FORESTRY; INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYING; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 84887974142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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