Estimation of diameter and height of individual trees for Pinus sylvestris L. based on the individualising of crowns using airborne LiDAR and the National Forestry Inventory data.

  1. Valbuena-Rabadán, Manuel-Ángel 1
  2. Santamaría-Peña, Jacinto 2
  3. Sanz-Adán, Félix 2
  1. 1 Departamento de Educación del Gobierno Vasco, IES Murgia BHI, Spain
  2. 2 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Revista:
Forest systems

ISSN: 2171-5068

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 25

Número: 1

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5424/FS/2016251-05790 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Forest systems

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Resumen

The possibility of generalising the use of airborne LIDAR data not only gives rise to cost reductions in acquisition and universal distribution, following their inclusion in the National Aerial Orthophotography Plan, but also enables automatic methods to be drawn up for inventorying and assessing forestry resources cheaply and very accurately.This paper describes a procedure developed for estimating the diameter at breast height (DBH) and total height of individual trees that can be applied to stands of Pinus sylvestris L. in Álava, based on data from the National Forestry Inventory [Inventario Forestal Nacional] (IFN4) and a crown individualisation algorithm that uses data from airborne LIDAR point clouds obtained in the 2008 overflight. The procedure was drawn up using free-license software at all stages. It represents an innovation on conventional methods which use digital models of crowns or height percentiles from point clouds. The DBH and total height data for trees are obtained from the plots in IFN4: these data are used to adjust the models for DBH and total height of trees located by the delineation of their crowns from the LIDAR point clouds corresponding to the plots in question. Obtaining data on each individual tree enables stand variable values to be calculated for both complete hillsides and for their silvicultural and management zoning divisions. 

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