Forest inventories are mainly based on satellite data for monitoring changes and management applications. The latest developments in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) allow rapid acquisition of very-high resolution (VHR) data, that could enhance forest inventories with information at individual tree level. This study showed that it is possible to extract top of canopy (TOC) individual tree crown (ITC) shape parameters based on UAV acquired data, in a dense tropical forest. Field survey measurements and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data were used for validation.
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Publication year
2016
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
tree crown, satellite imagery, monitoring, remote sensing, tropical forests
Geographic
Indonesia
