Maltamo / Næsset / Vauhkonen Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning

Concepts and Case Studies
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-94-017-8663-8
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 27, 464 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Managing Forest Ecosystems

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 research and application of ALS in a broad range of forest-related disciplines, especially forest inventory and forest ecology. However, this book is more than just a collection of individual contributions – it consists of a well-composed blend of chapters dealing with fundamental methodological issues and contributions reviewing and illustrating the use of ALS within various domains of application. The reviews provide a comprehensive and unique overview of recent research and applications that researchers, students and practitioners in forest remote sensing and forest ecosystem assessment should consider as a useful reference text.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maltamo, Matti

Næsset, Erik

Vauhkonen, Jari

Naesset, Erik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 deadwood 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.