[HTML][HTML] Forestry remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles: A review focusing on the data, processing and potentialities

N Guimarães, L Pádua, P Marques, N Silva, E Peres… - Remote Sensing, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Currently, climate change poses a global threat, which may compromise the sustainability of
agriculture, forestry and other land surface systems. In a changing world scenario, the …

Seismic lines in the boreal and arctic ecosystems of North America: environmental impacts, challenges, and opportunities

A Dabros, M Pyper, G Castilla - Environmental Reviews, 2018‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
The oil and gas industry has grown significantly throughout the boreal and arctic ecosystems
of North America. A major feature of the ecological footprint of oil and gas exploration is …

Environmental drivers of fire severity in extreme fire events that affect Mediterranean pine forest ecosystems

P García-Llamas, S Suárez-Seoane, A Taboada… - Forest Ecology and …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The increasing occurrence of large and severe fires in Mediterranean forest ecosystems
produces major ecological and socio-economic damage. In this study, we aim to identify the …

Map** the 3D structure of almond trees using UAV acquired photogrammetric point clouds and object-based image analysis

J Torres-Sánchez, AI de Castro, JM Pena… - Biosystems …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•UAV derived photogrammetric point clouds were generated in 3 almond
orchards.•An automatic OBIA algorithm was developed for analyzing the point …

Monitoring of beach litter by automatic interpretation of unmanned aerial vehicle images using the segmentation threshold method

Z Bao, J Sha, X Li, T Hanchiso, E Shifaw - Marine pollution bulletin, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This study was aimed at monitoring beach litter using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in
the coastal city of Fuzhou, China. The data analysis shows that the optical images obtained …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating ground elevation and vegetation characteristics in coastal salt marshes using UAV-based LiDAR and digital aerial photogrammetry

D Pinton, A Canestrelli, B Wilkinson, P Ifju, A Ortega - Remote Sensing, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
This study evaluates the skills of two types of drone-based point clouds, derived from LiDAR
and photogrammetric techniques, in estimating ground elevation, vegetation height, and …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of beyond visual-line-of-sight drone photogrammetry for terrain and canopy height applications

J Van der Sluijs, E Saiet, RH Fraser, SV Kokelj… - Remote Sensing …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Aerial drones enable detailed three-dimensional terrain and vegetation canopy
reconstructions supporting a diverse set of environmental monitoring applications. Small …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating tree height and volume using unmanned aerial vehicle photography and SfM technology, with verification of result accuracy

S Kameyama, K Sugiura - Drones, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
This study aimed to investigate the effects of differences in shooting and flight conditions for
an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on the processing method and estimated results of aerial …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic grapevine trunk detection on UAV-based point cloud

JM Jurado, L Pádua, FR Feito, JJ Sousa - Remote Sensing, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The optimisation of vineyards management requires efficient and automated methods able
to identify individual plants. In the last few years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have …