Overview

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.

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Author:   Matti Maltamo ,  Erik Næsset ,  Jari Vauhkonen
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2014 ed.
Volume:   27
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   9.198kg
ISBN:  

9789401786621

ISBN 10:   9401786623
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   23 April 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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.

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