Estimation of 3D vegetation density with Terrestrial Laser Scanning data using voxels. A sensitivity analysis of influencing parameters

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 191, Issue , 2017, Pages 373-388

  Grau, Eloi ^a,b   Durrieu, Sylvie ^a   Fournier, Richard ^c   Gastellu Etchegorry, Jean Philippe ^d   Yin, Tiangang ^d  

^a UMR TETIS   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d CESBIO   (France)

Author keywords

3D; DART; LAI; Laser scanning; Leaf Area Index; PAI; Plant Area Index; Radiative transfer; Terrestrial Laser Scanning; TLS; Vegetation density; Voxel; Voxelization

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYAMIDEIMIDES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SEEBECK EFFECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; THALLIUM; VEGETATION;

DART; LASER SCANNING; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLANT AREAS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; VEGETATION DENSITY; VOXEL; VOXELIZATION;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSMITTANCE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 85011632711     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.01.032     Document Type: Article

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