Detection of windthrown trees using airborne laser scanning

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-29

  Nyström, Mattias ^a   Holmgren, Johan ^a   Fransson, Johan E S ^a   Olsson, Håkan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active surface; ALS; Downed logs; LiDAR; Storm damage; Template matching

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; BOREAL FOREST; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST CANOPY; LIDAR; STORM DAMAGE; TREE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84897495401     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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