Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning Concepts and Case Studies /

Airborne laser scanning (ALS) has emerged as one of the most promising remote sensing technologies to provide data for research and operational applications in a wide range of disciplines related to management of forest ecosystems. This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Maltamo, Matti (Editor ), Næsset, Erik (Editor ), Vauhkonen, Jari (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Managing Forest Ecosystems, 27
Temas:
Forestry.
Geographic information systems.
Environment.
Geographical Information System.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction to forest applications of airborne laser scanning; Jari Vauhkonen et al
  • PART I - Methodological issues
  • 2. Laser pulse interaction with forest canopy - geometric and radiometric issues; Andreas Roncat et al
  • 3. Full-waveform airborne laser scanning systems and their possibilities in forest applications; Markus Hollaus et al
  • 4. Integrating airborne laser scanning with data from global navigation satellite systems and optical sensors; Rubén Valbuena
  • 5. Segmentation of forest to tree objects; Barbara Koch et al
  • 6. The semi-individual tree crown approach; Johannes Breidenbach, Rasmus Astrup
  • 7. Tree species recognition based on airborne laser scanning and complementary data sources; Jari Vauhkonen et al
  • 8. Estimation of biomass components by airborne laser scanning; Sorin C. Popescu, Marius Hauglin
  • 9. Predicting tree diameter distributions; Matti Maltamo, Terje Gobakken
  • 10. A model-based approach for the recovery of forest attributes using airborne laser scanning data; Lauri Mehtätalo et al
  • PART II - Forest inventory applications
  • 11. Area-based inventory in Norway - from innovation to an operational reality; Erik Næsset
  • 12. Species specific management inventory in Finland; Matti Maltamo, Petteri Packalen
  • 13. Inventory of forest plantations; Jari Vauhkonen et al
  • 14. Using airborne laser scanning data to support forest sample surveys; Ronald E. McRoberts et al
  • 15. Modeling and estimating change; Ronald E. McRoberts et al
  • 16. Valuation of airborne laser scanning based forest information; Annika Kangas et al
  • PART III - Ecological applications
  • 17. Assessing habitats and organism-habitat relationships by airborne laser scanning; Ross A. Hill et al
  • 18. Assessing biodiversity by airborne laser scanning; Jörg Müller, Kerri Vierling
  • 19. Assessing dead wood by airborne laser scanning; Matti Maltamo et al
  • 20. Estimation of canopy cover, gap fraction and leaf area index with airborne laser scanning; Lauri Korhonen, Felix Morsdorf
  • 21. Canopy gap detection and analysis with airborne laser scanning; Benoît St-Onge et al
  • 22. Applications of airborne laser scanning in forest fuel assessment and fire prevention; John Gajardo et al
  • Index.

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