[HTML][HTML] Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology: Expanding the horizon

K Calders, J Adams, J Armston, H Bartholomeus… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Terrestrial laser scanning in forest inventories

X Liang, V Kankare, J Hyyppä, Y Wang, A Kukko… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] International benchmarking of terrestrial laser scanning approaches for forest inventories

X Liang, J Hyyppä, H Kaartinen, M Lehtomäki… - ISPRS journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The last two decades have witnessed increasing awareness of the potential of terrestrial
laser scanning (TLS) in forest applications in both public and commercial sectors, along with …

Fast automatic precision tree models from terrestrial laser scanner data

P Raumonen, M Kaasalainen, M Åkerblom… - Remote Sensing, 2013 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a new method for constructing quickly and automatically precision tree
models from point clouds of the trunk and branches obtained by terrestrial laser scanning …

Individual tree detection from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) derived canopy height model in an open canopy mixed conifer forest

M Mohan, CA Silva, C Klauberg, P Jat, G Catts… - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology and data processing capabilities
have made it feasible to obtain high-resolution imagery and three dimensional (3D) data …

Estimating forest structure from UAV-mounted LiDAR point cloud using machine learning

R Neuville, JS Bates, F Jonard - Remote sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Monitoring the structure of forest stands is of high importance for forest managers to help
them in maintaining ecosystem services. For that purpose, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles …

[HTML][HTML] SimpleTree—an efficient open source tool to build tree models from TLS clouds

J Hackenberg, H Spiecker, K Calders, M Disney… - Forests, 2015 - mdpi.com
An open source tool named SimpleTree, capable of modelling highly accurate cylindrical
tree models from terrestrial laser scan point clouds, is presented and evaluated. All …

[HTML][HTML] Under-canopy UAV laser scanning for accurate forest field measurements

E Hyyppä, J Hyyppä, T Hakala, A Kukko… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Surveying and robotic technologies are converging, offering great potential for robotic-
assisted data collection and support for labour intensive surveying activities. From a forest …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate derivation of stem curve and volume using backpack mobile laser scanning

E Hyyppä, A Kukko, R Kaijaluoto, JC White… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forest inventories rely on field plots, the measurement of which is costly and time consuming
by manual means. Thus, there is a need to automate plot-level field data collection. Mobile …