Integrating UAV-SfM and Airborne Lidar Point Cloud Data to Plantation Forest Feature Extraction
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- Tatsuki Yoshii
- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, Taiwan
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- Naoto Matsumura
- Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, 1577 Kurimamachiya-cho, Tsu City 514-8507, Mie, Japan
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- Chinsu Lin
- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, Taiwan
説明
<jats:p>A low-cost but accurate remote-sensing-based forest-monitoring tool is necessary for regularly inventorying tree-level parameters and stand-level attributes to achieve sustainable management of timber production forests. Lidar technology is precise for multi-temporal data collection but expensive. A low-cost UAV-based optical sensing method is an economical and flexible alternative for collecting high-resolution images for generating point cloud data and orthophotos for mapping but lacks height accuracy. This study proposes a protocol of integrating a UAV equipped without an RTK instrument and airborne lidar sensors (ALS) for characterizing tree parameters and stand attributes for use in plantation forest management. The proposed method primarily relies on the ALS-based digital elevation model data (ALS-DEM), UAV-based structure-from-motion technique generated digital surface model data (UAV-SfM-DSM), and their derivative canopy height model data (UAV-SfM-CHM). Following traditional forest inventory approaches, a few middle-aged and mature stands of Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) plantation forests were used to investigate the performance of characterizing forest parameters via the canopy height model. Results show that the proposed method can improve UAV-SfM point cloud referencing transformation accuracy. With the derived CHM data, this method can estimate tree height with an RMSE ranging from 0.43 m to 1.65 m, equivalent to a PRMSE of 2.40–7.84%. The tree height estimates between UAV-based and ALS-based approaches are highly correlated (R2 = 0.98, p < 0.0001), similarly, the height annual growth rate (HAGR) is also significantly correlated (R2 = 0.78, p < 0.0001). The percentage HAGR of Hinoki trees behaves as an exponential decay function of the tree height over an 8-year management period. The stand-level parameters stand density, stand volume stocks, stand basal area, and relative spacing are with an error rate of less than 20% for both UAV-based and ALS-based approaches. Intensive management with regular thinning helps the plantation forests retain a clear crown shape feature, therefore, benefitting tree segmentation for deriving tree parameters and stand attributes.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Remote Sensing
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Remote Sensing 14 (7), 1713-, 2022-04-01
MDPI AG
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キーワード
- airborne lidar sensing
- UAV-ALS point cloud georeferencing; improved ICP via invariant ground surface feature; tree parameterization; airborne lidar sensing; UAV optical sensing; sustainable timber production
- Science
- Q
- UAV optical sensing
- UAV-ALS point cloud georeferencing
- tree parameterization
- improved ICP via invariant ground surface feature
- sustainable timber production
詳細情報 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1360861711571176064
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- ISSN
- 20724292
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- データソース種別
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- Crossref
- OpenAIRE