Remote sensing technologies for enhancing forest inventories: A review

JC White, NC Coops, MA Wulder… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Forest inventory and management requirements are changing rapidly in the context of an
increasingly complex set of economic, environmental, and social policy objectives …

A review of progress and applications in wood quality modelling

DM Drew, GM Downes, T Seifert… - Current Forestry …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Producing wood of the right quality is an important part of forest
management. In the same way that forest growth models are valuable decision support tools …

[LIBRO][B] A model development and application guide for generating an enhanced forest inventory using airborne laser scanning data and an area-based approach

JC White, P Tompalski, MA Vastaranta, MA Wulder… - 2017 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Summary 1 Otherwise known as airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). 2 https://cfs.
nrcan. gc. ca/publications? id= 34887 3 https://cfs. nrcan. gc. ca/publications? id= 35375 In …

[HTML][HTML] Branch information extraction from Norway spruce using handheld laser scanning point clouds in Nordic forests

O Winberg, J Pyörälä, X Yu, H Kaartinen… - ISPRS Open Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
We showed that a mobile handheld laser scanner (HHLS) provides useful features
concerning the wood quality-influencing external structures of trees. When linked with wood …

[HTML][HTML] Variability of wood properties using airborne and terrestrial laser scanning

J Pyörälä, N Saarinen, V Kankare, NC Coops… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on wood properties is crucial in estimating wood quality and forest
biomass and thus develo** the precision and sustainability of forest management and …

Impact of intensive Forest management practices on wood quality from conifers: literature review and reflection on future challenges

J Barrette, A Achim, D Auty - Current Forestry Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Intensive forest management practices are being implemented
worldwide to meet future global demand for wood and wood products while facilitating the …

A comparison of point clouds derived from stereo imagery and airborne laser scanning for the area-based estimation of forest inventory attributes in boreal Ontario

DG Pitt, M Woods, M Penner - Canadian Journal of Remote …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Point clouds derived from the photogrammetric pixel matching of 35-cm Leica ADS40
imagery (∼ 2.4 points/m2) were compared to those derived from airborne laser scanning …

Map** forest aboveground biomass using airborne hyperspectral and LiDAR data in the mountainous conditions of Central Europe

O Brovkina, J Novotny, E Cienciala, F Zemek… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The study presents three methods for estimation of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) at
tree and plot levels using different categories of airborne data. The first method estimates …

Quantitative Assessment of Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris L.) Whorl Structure in a Forest Environment Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning

J Pyörälä, X Liang, M Vastaranta… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
State-of-the-art technology available at sawmills enables measurements of whorl numbers
and the maximum branch diameter for individual logs, but such information is currently …

Extending ALS-based map** of forest attributes with medium resolution satellite and environmental data

JE Luther, RA Fournier, OR van Lier, M Bujold - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Airborne laser scanner (ALS) data are used to map a range of forest inventory attributes at
operational scales. However, when wall-to-wall ALS coverage is cost prohibitive or …