Information Technology and Computer Application Engineering – Liu, Sung & Yao (Eds)
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The method of extracting forest leaf area index based on Lidar data
Zuo Wei Huang & Shu Guang Wu
School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, China
Jie Huang
School of Geosciences and Information-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, China
ABSTRACT: Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) is a new emerging active remote sensing technology
in recent years, which can measure both the vertical and horizontal structure of forested areas effectively with
high precision and it can accurately estimate tree height, canopy closure and above-ground biomass. The paper
propose ...