Abstract:High-pulse-rate laser scanners are capable to detect single trees in boreal forest zone, since significant amount of laser pulses reflect directly from the ground without any interaction with the canopy. This allows detailed investigation of forest areas and the creation of a 3-dimensional tree height model. By extracting the height, location and crown dimension of the trees from the 3-dimensional tree height model and by using the tree species information available in aerial photographs and in laser scanner d… Show more
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