Forest parameter prediction using an image-based point cloud: A comparison of semi-ITC with ABA

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4059-4071

  Rahlf, Johannes ^a   Breidenbach, Johannes ^a   Solberg, Svein ^a   Astrup, Rasmus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

ALS; Forest inventory; Image matching; KNN; Photogrammetry; Remote sensing; Semi global matching; Timber volume; Tree segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FORECASTING; IMAGE MATCHING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TIMBER;

FOREST INVENTORY; KNN; SEMI-GLOBAL MATCHING; TIMBER VOLUME; TREE SEGMENTATION;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PRECISION; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; TIMBER;

NORWAY;

EID: 84949485173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6114059     Document Type: Article

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