Forest in situ observations using unmanned aerial vehicle as an alternative of terrestrial measurements

Abstract Background Lately, terrestrial point clouds have drawn attention as a new data source for in situ forest investigations. So far, terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has the highest data quality among all terrestrial point cloud data in terms of geometric accuracy and level of detail (IEEE Tran...

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Main Authors: Xinlian Liang, Yunsheng Wang, Jiri Pyörälä, Matti Lehtomäki, Xiaowei Yu, Harri Kaartinen, Antero Kukko, Eija Honkavaara, Aimad E. I. Issaoui, Olli Nevalainen, Matti Vaaja, Juho-Pekka Virtanen, Masato Katoh, Songqiu Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-04-01
Series:Forest Ecosystems
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40663-019-0173-3