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 …

Development and performance evaluation of a very low-cost UAV-LiDAR system for forestry applications

T Hu, X Sun, Y Su, H Guan, Q Sun, M Kelly, Q Guo - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Accurate and repeated forest inventory data are critical to understand forest ecosystem
processes and manage forest resources. In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) …

Quantifying tropical forest structure through terrestrial and UAV laser scanning fusion in Australian rainforests

L Terryn, K Calders, H Bartholomeus, RE Bartolo… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurately quantifying tree and forest structure is important for monitoring and
understanding terrestrial ecosystem functioning in a changing climate. The emergence of …

[HTML][HTML] Individual tree point clouds and tree measurements from multi-platform laser scanning in German forests

H Weiser, J Schäfer, L Winiwarter… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Laser scanning from different acquisition platforms enables the collection of 3D point clouds
from different perspectives and with varying resolutions. These point clouds allow us to …

[HTML][HTML] 3D point cloud fusion from UAV and TLS to assess temperate managed forest structures

D Panagiotidis, A Abdollahnejad, M Slavík - International Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology has become one of the most dominant
acquisition methods for modeling forest attributes, such as very accurate tree structure …

Remote estimation of grafted apple tree trunk diameter in modern orchard with RGB and point cloud based on SOLOv2

X Sun, W Fang, C Gao, L Fu, Y Majeed, X Liu… - … and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Apple tree phenotyping can reflect individual development of single apple tree, which mainly
involves tree height, crown width, and diameter of apple tree trunk (DATT). This study aimed …

Assessing the potential of backpack-mounted mobile laser scanning systems for tree phenotyping

RJL Hartley, S Jayathunga, PD Massam, D De Silva… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Phenotyping has been a reality for aiding the selection of optimal crops for specific
environments for decades in various horticultural industries. However, until recently …

Estimation of northern hardwood forest inventory attributes using UAV laser scanning (ULS): Transferability of laser scanning methods and comparison of automated …

B Vandendaele, RA Fournier, U Vepakomma… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
UAV laser scanning (ULS) has the potential to support forest operations since it provides
high-density data with flexible operational conditions. This study examined the use of ULS …

Seamless integration of above-and under-canopy unmanned aerial vehicle laser scanning for forest investigation

Y Wang, A Kukko, E Hyyppä, T Hakala, J Pyörälä… - Forest …, 2021 - Springer
Background Current automated forest investigation is facing a dilemma over how to achieve
high tree-and plot-level completeness while maintaining a high cost and labor efficiency …

Measuring tree diameter using a LiDAR-equipped smartphone: a comparison of smartphone-and caliper-based DBH

S Gülci, H Yurtseven, AO Akay, M Akgul - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2023 - Springer
Tree diameter measurement is one of the most important stages of forest inventories to
assess growing stock, aboveground biomass, and landscape restoration options, among …