[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 …

An overview of global leaf area index (LAI): Methods, products, validation, and applications

H Fang, F Baret, S Plummer… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf area index (LAI) is a critical vegetation structural variable and is essential in the
feedback of vegetation to the climate system. The advancement of the global Earth …

[HTML][HTML] Review of indirect optical measurements of leaf area index: Recent advances, challenges, and perspectives

G Yan, R Hu, J Luo, M Weiss, H Jiang, X Mu… - Agricultural and forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Review of ground and aerial methods for vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities estimation: definitions, advances, challenges, and future …

L Li, X Mu, H Jiang, F Chianucci, R Hu, W Song… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities are basic yet critical vegetation
structure variables in various disciplines and applications. Ground-and aerial-based …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of forest inventory parameters with Apple iPad pro and integrated LiDAR technology

C Gollob, T Ritter, R Kraßnitzer, A Tockner, A Nothdurft - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The estimation of single tree and complete stand information is one of the central tasks of
forest inventory. In recent years, automatic algorithms have been successfully developed for …

[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 …

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 …

[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] Data acquisition considerations for terrestrial laser scanning of forest plots

P Wilkes, A Lau, M Disney, K Calders, A Burt… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The poor constraint of forest Above Ground Biomass (AGB) is responsible, in part, for large
uncertainties in modelling future climate scenarios. Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) can be …

Forest inventory with terrestrial LiDAR: A comparison of static and hand-held mobile laser scanning

S Bauwens, H Bartholomeus, K Calders, P Lejeune - Forests, 2016 - mdpi.com
The application of static terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in forest inventories is becoming
more effective. Nevertheless, the occlusion effect is still limiting the processing efficiency to …