Comparing RIEGL RiCOPTER UAV LiDAR derived canopy height and DBH with terrestrial LiDAR

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Brede, Benjamin ^a   Lau, Alvaro ^a,b   Bartholomeus, Harm M ^a   Kooistra, Lammert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

ALS; Forest inventory; LiDAR; TLS; UAV

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTICAL RADAR; SCANNING; SEEBECK EFFECT; SURFACE ANALYSIS; THALLIUM; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; FOREST INVENTORY; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 85032023804     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17102371     Document Type: Article

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