Review on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) in vegetation remote sensing

T Kattenborn, J Leitloff, F Schiefer, S Hinz - ISPRS journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Identifying and characterizing vascular plants in time and space is required in various
disciplines, eg in forestry, conservation and agriculture. Remote sensing emerged as a key …

UAV-based forest health monitoring: A systematic review

S Ecke, J Dempewolf, J Frey, A Schwaller, E Endres… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, technological advances have led to the increasing use of unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) for forestry applications. One emerging field for drone application is forest …

Mapping forest tree species in high resolution UAV-based RGB-imagery by means of convolutional neural networks

F Schiefer, T Kattenborn, A Frick, J Frey, P Schall… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in vegetation remote sensing allows a time-
flexible and cost-effective acquisition of very high-resolution imagery. Still, current methods …

Explainable identification and mapping of trees using UAV RGB image and deep learning

M Onishi, T Ise - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The identification and mapping of trees via remotely sensed data for application in forest
management is an active area of research. Previously proposed methods using airborne …

Automated tree-crown and height detection in a young forest plantation using mask region-based convolutional neural network (Mask R-CNN)

Z Hao, L Lin, CJ Post, EA Mikhailova, M Li… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tree-crown and height are primary tree measurements in forest inventory. Convolutional
neural networks (CNNs) are a class of neural networks, which can be used in forest …

Object detection and image segmentation with deep learning on Earth observation data: A review—Part II: Applications

T Hoeser, F Bachofer, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
In Earth observation (EO), large-scale land-surface dynamics are traditionally analyzed by
investigating aggregated classes. The increase in data with a very high spatial resolution …

Surveying coconut trees using high-resolution satellite imagery in remote atolls of the Pacific Ocean

J Zheng, S Yuan, W Wu, W Li, L Yu, H Fu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is one of the world's most economically important tree species,
and coconut palm plantations dominate many islands and tropical coastlines. However, the …

Deep learning in forestry using uav-acquired rgb data: A practical review

Y Diez, S Kentsch, M Fukuda, MLL Caceres… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forests are the planet's main CO 2 filtering agent as well as important economical,
environmental and social assets. Climate change is exerting an increased stress, resulting …

Tree species classification of drone hyperspectral and RGB imagery with deep learning convolutional neural networks

S Nezami, E Khoramshahi, O Nevalainen, I Pölönen… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Interest in drone solutions in forestry applications is growing. Using drones, datasets can be
captured flexibly and at high spatial and temporal resolutions when needed. In forestry …

A convolutional neural network approach for counting and geolocating citrus-trees in UAV multispectral imagery

LP Osco, MS De Arruda, JM Junior, NB Da Silva… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Visual inspection has been a common practice to determine the number of plants in
orchards, which is a labor-intensive and time-consuming task. Deep learning algorithms …