Area-based assessment of forest standing volume by field measurements and airborne laser scanner data
Author(s)
Barbati, Anna
Chirici, Gherardo
Corona, Piermaria
Montaghi, Alessandro
Travaglini, Davide
Date Issued
2009
Type
Article
Abstract
Airborne laser scanning (ALS) is increasingly applied as a tool for extracting forest
inventory data. In recent years most applications for the assessment of forest
standing volume rely on a single tree recognition approach, which generally gives
satisfactory results in coniferous forests. The aim of this paper is to apply a rasterbased
approach for the assessment of forest standing volume based on field
measurements and a Digital Canopy Model (DCM) derived from ALS data. In
addition, we explore the potential of hot spot analysis of DCM data for automatic
forest gap detection, as a means to improve the accuracy of the estimation of forest
standing volume by traditional estimation methods.
Additional information
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Citation
Barbati, A. et al. 2009. Area-based assessment of forest standing volume by field measurements and airborne laser scanner data. "International Journal of Remote Sensing" 30 (19): 5177–5194.
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