Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning : Concepts and Case Studies - Maltamo, Matti; Næsset, Erik.; Vauhkonen, Jari.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
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.
Keywords: Forestry; Remote sensing; Environment; Forestry; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Environment, general