Estimation of LAI with the LiDAR technology: A review

Y Wang, H Fang - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Leaf area index (LAI) is an important vegetation parameter. Active light detection and
ranging (LiDAR) technology has been widely used to estimate vegetation LAI. In this study …

Estimation methods developing with remote sensing information for energy crop biomass: A comparative review

Z Chao, N Liu, P Zhang, T Ying, K Song - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid development of remote sensing (RS) technology enables an increased usage of
high-resolution, spatial, temporal or spectral, data to extract vegetation information, improve …

Retrieval of three-dimensional tree canopy and shade using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data to analyze the cooling effect of vegetation

F Kong, W Yan, G Zheng, H Yin, G Cavan… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban warming has become a serious problem due to global warming and rapid
urbanization. One important phenomenon is the increasing urban heat island (UHI) effect …

Estimating leaf area density of individual trees using the point cloud segmentation of terrestrial LiDAR data and a voxel-based model

S Li, L Dai, H Wang, Y Wang, Z He, S Lin - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
The leaf area density (LAD) within a tree canopy is very important for the understanding and
modeling of photosynthetic studies of the tree. Terrestrial light detection and ranging …

Improved salient feature-based approach for automatically separating photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic components within terrestrial lidar point cloud data of …

L Ma, G Zheng, JUH Eitel, LM Moskal… - … on geoscience and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate separation of photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic components in a forest canopy
from 3-D terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data is a challenging but of key importance to …

Retrieving the gap fraction, element clumping index, and leaf area index of individual trees using single-scan data from a terrestrial laser scanner

Y Li, Q Guo, Y Su, S Tao, K Zhao, G Xu - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry …, 2017 - Elsevier
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a promising tool for estimating leaf area index (LAI).
However, very few studies have considered the effect of clumping index Ω in the calculation …

Estimating Effective Leaf Area Index of Winter Wheat Based on UAV Point Cloud Data

J Yang, M Xing, Q Tan, J Shang, Y Song, X Ni, J Wang… - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leaf area index (LAI) is a widely used plant biophysical parameter required for modelling
plant photosynthesis and crop yield estimation. UAV remote sensing plays an increasingly …

Simulation of multi-platform LiDAR for assessing total leaf area in tree crowns

T Yun, L Cao, F An, B Chen, L Xue, W Li… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology has been increasingly
implemented to assess the biophysical attributes of forest canopies. However, LiDAR-based …

Cooling effect of direct green façades during hot summer days: An observational study in Nanjing, China using TIR and 3DPC data

H Yin, F Kong, A Middel, I Dronova, H Xu… - Building and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Thermal regulation is a key ecosystem service provided by direct green façades (DGFs), as
vegetated walls absorb short wave radiation, reduce solar re-radiation from hard surfaces …

Marker-free registration of forest terrestrial laser scanner data pairs with embedded confidence metrics

D Kelbe, J Van Aardt, P Romanczyk… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has emerged as an effective tool for rapid comprehensive
measurement of object structure. Registration of TLS data is an important prerequisite to …