{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://cir.nii.ac.jp/schema/1.0/","rdfs":"http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#","dc":"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/","dcterms":"http://purl.org/dc/terms/","foaf":"http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/","prism":"http://prismstandard.org/namespaces/basic/2.0/","cinii":"http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ns/1.0/","datacite":"https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4/","ndl":"http://ndl.go.jp/dcndl/terms/","jpcoar":"https://github.com/JPCOAR/schema/blob/master/2.0/"},"@id":"https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1360857597945839232.json","@type":"Article","productIdentifier":[{"identifier":{"@type":"DOI","@value":"10.3390/rs10111849"}},{"identifier":{"@type":"URI","@value":"https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/11/1849/pdf"}}],"dc:title":[{"@value":"Aboveground Tree Biomass Estimation of Sparse Subalpine Coniferous Forest with UAV Oblique Photography"}],"description":[{"type":"abstract","notation":[{"@value":"<jats:p>In tree Aboveground Biomass (AGB) estimation, the traditional harvest method is accurate but unsuitable for a large-scale forest. The airborne Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) is superior in obtaining the point cloud data of a dense forest and extracting tree heights for AGB estimation. However, the LiDAR has limitations such as high cost, low efficiency, and complicated operations. Alternatively, the overlapping oblique photographs taken by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-loaded digital camera can also generate point cloud data using the Aerial Triangulation (AT) method. However, limited by the relatively poor penetrating capacity of natural light, the photographs captured by the digital camera on a UAV are more suitable for obtaining the point cloud data of a relatively sparse forest. In this paper, an electric fixed-wing UAV loaded with a digital camera was employed to take oblique photographs of a sparse subalpine coniferous forest in the source region of the Minjiang River. Based on point cloud data obtained from the overlapping photographs, a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) was generated by filtering non-ground points along with the acquisition of a Digital Surface Model (DSM) of Minjiang fir trees by eliminating subalpine shrubs and meadows. Individual tree heights were extracted by overlaying individual tree outlines on Canopy Height Model (CHM) data computed by subtracting the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) from the rasterized DSM. The allometric equation with tree height (H) as the predictor variable was established by fitting measured tree heights with tree AGBs, which were estimated using the allometric equation on H and Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) in sample tree plots. Finally, the AGBs of all of the trees in the test site were determined by inputting extracted individual tree heights into the established allometric equation. In accuracy assessment, the coefficient of determination (R2) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of extracted individual tree heights were 0.92 and 1.77 m, and the R2 and RMSE of the estimated AGBs of individual trees were 0.96 and 54.90 kg. The results demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of applying UAV-acquired oblique optical photographs to the tree AGB estimation of sparse subalpine coniferous forests.</jats:p>"}]}],"creator":[{"@id":"https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1380857597945839104","@type":"Researcher","foaf:name":[{"@value":"Jiayuan Lin"}],"jpcoar:affiliationName":[{"@value":"Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Big Data Application, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"@value":"Research Base of Karst Eco-Environments at Nanchuan in Chongqing, Ministry of Nature Resources, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"}]},{"@id":"https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1380857597945839233","@type":"Researcher","foaf:name":[{"@value":"Meimei Wang"}],"jpcoar:affiliationName":[{"@value":"Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, China"}]},{"@id":"https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1380857597945839105","@type":"Researcher","foaf:name":[{"@value":"Mingguo Ma"}],"jpcoar:affiliationName":[{"@value":"Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Big Data Application, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"},{"@value":"Research Base of Karst Eco-Environments at Nanchuan in Chongqing, Ministry of Nature Resources, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"}]},{"@id":"https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1380857597945839232","@type":"Researcher","foaf:name":[{"@value":"Yi Lin"}],"jpcoar:affiliationName":[{"@value":"Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China"}]}],"publication":{"publicationIdentifier":[{"@type":"EISSN","@value":"20724292"}],"prism:publicationName":[{"@value":"Remote Sensing"}],"dc:publisher":[{"@value":"MDPI AG"}],"prism:publicationDate":"2018-11-21","prism:volume":"10","prism:number":"11","prism:startingPage":"1849"},"reviewed":"false","dc:rights":["https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"],"url":[{"@id":"https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/11/1849/pdf"}],"createdAt":"2018-11-22","modifiedAt":"2025-10-11","relatedProduct":[{"@id":"https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1360294643821606912","@type":"Article","resourceType":"学術雑誌論文(journal article)","relationType":["isReferencedBy"],"jpcoar:relatedTitle":[{"@value":"Scots pine stands biomass assessment using 3D data from unmanned aerial vehicle imagery in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone"}]}],"dataSourceIdentifier":[{"@type":"CROSSREF","@value":"10.3390/rs10111849"},{"@type":"CROSSREF","@value":"10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113319_references_DOI_PZlrzAoWd1eay7OYFfOxNaZgAJu"}]}