Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) was introduced for basic forest measurements, such as tree
height and diameter, in the early 2000s. Recent advances in sensor and algorithm …

Leaf area index (LAI) is a key parameter of vegetation structure in the fields of agriculture,
forestry, and ecology. Optical indirect methods based on the Beer-Lambert law are widely …

Decision making on forest resources relies on the precise information that is collected using
inventory. There are many different kinds of forest inventory techniques that can be applied …

Vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities are basic yet critical vegetation
structure variables in various disciplines and applications. Ground-and aerial-based …

Introduction The use of terrestrial LiDAR (light detection and ranging) scanners in forest
environments is being studied extensively at present due to the high potential of this …

The applications of object-based image analysis (OBIA) in remote sensing studies of
wetlands have been growing over recent decades, addressing tasks from detection and …

The ability to accurately and rapidly acquire leaf area index (LAI) is an indispensable
component of process-based ecological research facilitating the understanding of gas …

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 …

Terrestrial LiDAR scanners have been shown to hold great potential for estimating and
mapping three dimensional (3-D) leaf area distribution in forested environments. This is …

The demand for detailed ground reference data in quantitative forest inventories is growing
rapidly, eg, to improve the calibration of the developed models of airborne-laser-scanning …