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 …

Forest inventory and management requirements are changing rapidly in the context of an
increasingly complex set of economic, environmental, and social policy objectives …

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 …

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 …

Tropical forest biomass is a crucial component of global carbon emission estimations.
However, calibration and validation of such estimates require accurate and effective …

In recent years, LIght Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) and especially Terrestrial Laser
Scanning (TLS) systems have shown the potential to revolutionise forest structural …

Measures to describe stand structural complexity efficiently and objectively are increasingly
demanded to understand the relationship between forest management, stand structure …

Accurately quantifying tree and forest structure is important for monitoring and
understanding terrestrial ecosystem functioning in a changing climate. The emergence of …

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 …