Examining forest structure with terrestrial lidar: Suggestions and novel techniques based on comparisons between scanners and forest treatments
November 26, 2018
Terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) provide a tool to assess and monitor forest structure across forest landscapes. We present TLS methods, suggestions, and mapped guidelines for planning TLS acquisitions at varying scales and forest densities. We examined rates of point‐density decline with distance from two TLS that acquire data at relatively high and low point density and found that the rates were nearly identical between scanners (pvalue
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Title | Examining forest structure with terrestrial lidar: Suggestions and novel techniques based on comparisons between scanners and forest treatments |
| DOI | 10.1029/2018EA000417 |
| Authors | Jonathon Donager, Temuulen Sankey, Joel Sankey, Andrew Sanchez Meadorc, Abraham E. Springer, John Bailey |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Earth and Space Science |
| Index ID | 70201040 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Southwest Biological Science Center |
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