Deriving comprehensive forest structure information from mobile laser scanning observations using automated point cloud classification

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 82, Issue , 2016, Pages 142-151

  Marselis, Suzanne M ^a,b   Yebra, Marta ^b,c,d   Jovanovic, Tom ^d   van Dijk, Albert I J M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BUSHFIRE AND NATURAL HAZARDS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automatic classification; Ground based LiDAR; Stem diameter; Vegetation components

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COST EFFECTIVENESS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; SURFACE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; GROUND-BASED LIDARS; HABITAT STRUCTURES; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; STEM DIAMETER; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; VEGETATION COMPONENTS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; COORDINATE; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIELD METHOD; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; SCANNER; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 84964815284     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.04.025     Document Type: Article

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