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 …

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 …

Vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities are basic yet critical vegetation
structure variables in various disciplines and applications. Ground-and aerial-based …

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 …

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 …

Plot-scale measurements have been the foundation for forest surveys and reporting for over
200 years. Through recent integration with airborne and satellite remote sensing, manual …

Traditionally, forest measurement textbooks have been concerned primarily with
determination of the amounts of the principal commercial product of forests, wood. This was …

Leaf area index (LAI) is an important vegetation parameter. Active light detection and
ranging (LiDAR) technology has been widely used to estimate vegetation LAI. In this study …

Key message A method using terrestrial laser scanning and 3D quantitative structure
models opens up new possibilities to reconstruct tree architecture from tropical rainforest …

The monitoring of forest phenology in a cost-effective manner, at a fine spatial scale and
over relatively large areas remains a significant challenge. To address this issue, unmanned …