Enhanced detection of 3D individual trees in forested areas using airborne full-waveform LiDAR data by combining normalized cuts with spatial density clustering

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 5W2, 2013, Pages 349-354

  Yao, W ^a   Krzystek, P ^a   Heurich, M ^b  

^a MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

Author keywords

forestry; Full waveform LIDAR; mean shift; single tree detection; understory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992567174     PISSN: 21949042     EISSN: 21949050     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-W2-349-2013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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