Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning Concepts and Case Studies /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Maltamo, Matti (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Næsset, Erik (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Vauhkonen, Jari (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Managing Forest Ecosystems, 27
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Remote sensing.; Forestry.; Environment.; Life Sciences.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Environment, general.

Airborne laser scanning (ALS) has emerged as one of the most promising remote sensing technologies to provide data for research and operational applications in a wide range of disciplines related to management of forest ecosystems. This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the r...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction to forest applications of airborne laser scanning; Jari Vauhkonen et al
• PART I – Methodological issues
• 2. Laser pulse interaction with forest canopy – geometric and radiometric issues; Andreas Roncat et al
• 3. Full-waveform airborne laser scanning systems and their possibilities in forest applications; Markus Hollaus et al
• 4. Integrating airborne laser scanning with data from global navigation satellite systems and optical sensors; Rubén Valbuena
• 5. Segmentation of forest to tree objects; Barbara Koch et al
• 6. The semi-individual tree crown approach; Johannes Breidenbach, Rasmus Astrup
• 7. Tree species recognition based on airborne laser scanning and complementary data sources; Jari Vauhkonen et al
• 8. Estimation of biomass components by airborne laser scanning; Sorin C. Popescu, Marius Hauglin
• 9. Predicting tree diameter distributions; Matti Maltamo, Terje Gobakken
• 10. A model-based approach for the recovery of forest attributes using airborne laser scanning data; Lauri Mehtätalo et al
• PART II – Forest inventory applications
• 11. Area-based inventory in Norway - from innovation to an operational reality; Erik Næsset
• 12. Species specific management inventory in Finland; Matti Maltamo, Petteri Packalen
• 13. Inventory of forest plantations; Jari Vauhkonen et al
• 14. Using airborne laser scanning data to support forest sample surveys; Ronald E. McRoberts et al
• 15. Modeling and estimating change; Ronald E. McRoberts et al
• 16. Valuation of airborne laser scanning based forest information; Annika Kangas et al
• PART III – Ecological applications
• 17. Assessing habitats and organism-habitat relationships by airborne laser scanning; Ross A. Hill et al
• 18. Assessing biodiversity by airborne laser scanning; Jörg Müller, Kerri Vierling
• 19. Assessing dead wood by airborne laser scanning; Matti Maltamo et al
• 20. Estimation of canopy cover, gap fraction and leaf area index with airborne laser scanning; Lauri Korhonen, Felix Morsdorf
• 21. Canopy gap detection and analysis with airborne laser scanning; Benoît St-Onge et al
• 22. Applications of airborne laser scanning in forest fuel assessment and fire prevention; John Gajardo et al
• Index.