LiDAR applications to estimate forest biomass at individual tree scale: Opportunities, challenges and future perspectives

D Xu, H Wang, W Xu, Z Luan, X Xu - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accurate forest biomass estimation at the individual tree scale is the foundation of timber
industry and forest management. It plays an important role in explaining ecological issues …

Close-Range Remote Sensing of Forests: The state of the art, challenges, and opportunities for systems and data acquisitions

X Liang, A Kukko, I Balenović… - … and remote sensing …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remote sensing-based forest investigation and monitoring have become more affordable
and applicable in the past few decades. The current bottleneck limiting practical use of the …

Measurement of forest inventory parameters with Apple iPad pro and integrated LiDAR technology

C Gollob, T Ritter, R Kraßnitzer, A Tockner, A Nothdurft - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The estimation of single tree and complete stand information is one of the central tasks of
forest inventory. In recent years, automatic algorithms have been successfully developed for …

Forest inventory with long range and high-speed personal laser scanning (PLS) and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology

C Gollob, T Ritter, A Nothdurft - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of new and modern sensors in forest inventory has become increasingly efficient.
Nevertheless, the majority of forest inventory data are still collected manually, as part of field …

[HTML][HTML] Is field-measured tree height as reliable as believed–Part II, A comparison study of tree height estimates from conventional field measurement and low-cost …

L Jurjević, X Liang, M Gašparović, I Balenović - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tree height is one of the most important tree attributes in forest inventory. However, using
conventional field methods to measure tree height is a laborious and time-consuming …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual laser scanning with HELIOS++: A novel take on ray tracing-based simulation of topographic full-waveform 3D laser scanning

L Winiwarter, AME Pena, H Weiser, K Anders… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Topographic laser scanning is a remote sensing method to create detailed 3D point cloud
representations of the Earth's surface. Since data acquisition is expensive, simulations can …

Hand-held personal laser scanning–current status and perspectives for forest inventory application

I Balenović, X Liang, L Jurjević, J Hyyppä… - Croatian Journal of …, 2021 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The emergence of hand-held Personal Laser Scanning (H-PLS) systems in recent
years resulted in initial research on the possibility of its application in forest inventory …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating terrestrial laser scanning and unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry to estimate individual tree attributes in managed coniferous forests in …

K Shimizu, T Nishizono, F Kitahara, K Fukumoto… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The accurate estimation of tree attributes is essential for sustainable forest management.
Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) is a viable remote sensing technology suitable for …

[HTML][HTML] Two-phase forest inventory using very-high-resolution laser scanning

HJ Persson, K Olofsson, J Holmgren - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we compared a two-phase laser-scanning-based forest inventory of stands
versus a traditional field inventory using sample plots. The two approaches were used to …

Assessing the performance of a handheld laser scanning system for individual tree mapping—A Mixed forests showcase in Spain

F Tupinambá-Simões, A Pascual, J Guerra-Hernández… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of mobile laser scanning to survey forest ecosystems is a promising, scalable
technology to describe the 3D structure of forests at a high resolution. We use a structurally …