Individual tree crown delineation using localized contour tree method and airborne LiDAR data in coniferous forests

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 82-94

  Wu, Bin ^a,b   Yu, Bailang ^a,b   Wu, Qiusheng ^c   Huang, Yan ^a,b   Chen, Zuoqi ^a,b   Wu, Jianping ^a,b  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour tree; Graph theory; Hierarchical structure; Individual tree crown; LiDAR; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONTOUR MAP; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIDAR; SEGMENTATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CASCADE RANGE; MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84997787351     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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