scholarly journals Above-Ground Biomass Estimation of Plantation with Complex Forest Stand Structure Using Multiple Features from Airborne Laser Scanning Point Cloud Data

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1713
Author(s):  
Linghan Gao ◽  
Xiaoli Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Above Ground Biomass ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Pine Tree ◽  
Airborne Laser ◽  
Terrain Features ◽  
Forest Farm

Accurate forest above-ground biomass (AGB) estimation is important for dynamic monitoring of forest resources and evaluation of forest carbon sequestration capacity. However, it is difficult to depict the forest’s vertical structure and its heterogeneity using optical remote sensing when estimating forest AGB, for the reason that electromagnetic waves cannot penetrate the canopy’s surface to obtain low vegetation information, especially in subtropical and tropical forests with complex layer structure and tree species composition. As an active remote sensing technology, an airborne laser scanner (ALS) can penetrate the canopy surface to obtain three-dimensional structure information related to AGB. This paper takes the Jiepai sub-forest farm and the Gaofeng state-owned forest farm in southern China as the experimental area and explores the optimal features from the ALS point cloud data and AGB inversion model in the subtropical forest with complex tree species composition and structure. Firstly, considering tree canopy structure, terrain features, point cloud structure and density features, 63 point cloud features were extracted. In view of the biomass distribution differences of different tree species, the random forest (RF) method was used to select the optimal features of each tree species. Secondly, four modeling methods were used to establish the AGB estimation models of each tree species and verify their accuracy. The results showed that the features related to tree height had a great impact on forest AGB. The top features of Cunninghamia Lanceolata (Chinese fir) and Eucalyptus are all related to height, Pinus (pine tree) is also related to terrain features and other broadleaved trees are also related to point cloud density features. The accuracy of the stepwise regression model is best with the AGB estimation accuracy of 0.19, 0.76, 0.71 and 0.40, respectively, for the Chinese fir, pine tree, eucalyptus and other broadleaved trees. In conclusion, the proposed linear regression AGB estimation model of each tree species combining different features derived from ALS point cloud data has high applicability, which can provide effective support for more accurate forest AGB and carbon stock inventory and monitoring.

scholarly journals Nondestructive Estimation of the Above-Ground Biomass of Multiple Tree Species in Boreal Forests of China Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen ◽  
Feng ◽  
Chen ◽  
Khan ◽  
Lian
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Boreal Forests ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Above Ground Biomass ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Multiple Tree

Above-ground biomass (AGB) plays a pivotal role in assessing a forest’s resource dynamics, ecological value, carbon storage, and climate change effects. The traditional methods of AGB measurement are destructive, time consuming and laborious, and an efficient, relatively accurate and non-destructive AGB measurement method will provide an effective supplement for biomass calculation. Based on the real biophysical and morphological structures of trees, this paper adopted a non-destructive method based on terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) point cloud data to estimate the AGBs of multiple common tree species in boreal forests of China, and the effects of differences in bark roughness and trunk curvature on the estimation of the diameter at breast height (DBH) from TLS data were quantitatively analyzed. We optimized the quantitative structure model (QSM) algorithm based on 100 trees of multiple tree species, and then used it to estimate the volume of trees directly from the tree model reconstructed from point cloud data, and to calculate the AGBs of trees by using specific basic wood density values. Our results showed that the total DBH and tree height from the TLS data showed a good consistency with the measured data, since the bias, root mean square error (RMSE) and determination coefficient (R2) of the total DBH were −0.8 cm, 1.2 cm and 0.97, respectively. At the same time, the bias, RMSE and determination coefficient of the tree height were −0.4 m, 1.3 m and 0.90, respectively. The differences of bark roughness and trunk curvature had a small effect on DBH estimation from point cloud data. The AGB estimates from the TLS data showed strong agreement with the reference values, with the RMSE, coefficient of variation of root mean square error (CV(RMSE)), and concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) values of 17.4 kg, 13.6% and 0.97, respectively, indicating that this non-destructive method can accurately estimate tree AGBs and effectively calibrate new allometric biomass models. We believe that the results of this study will benefit forest managers in formulating management measures and accurately calculating the economic and ecological benefits of forests, and should promote the use of non-destructive methods to measure AGB of trees in China.

An approach to classification of airborne laser scanning point cloud data in an urban environment

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (24) ◽  
pp. 9151-9169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cici Alexander ◽  
Kevin Tansey ◽  
Jörg Kaduk ◽  
David Holland ◽  
Nicholas J. Tate
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Airborne Laser Scanning ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Airborne Laser

Classification of Tree Species Based on LiDAR Point Cloud Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (12) ◽  
pp. 122801
Author(s):  
陈向宇 Xiangyu Chen ◽  
云挺 Ting Yun ◽  
薛联凤 Lianfeng Xue ◽  
刘应安 Ying'an Liu
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Cloud Data

scholarly journals CO-REGISTRATION AIRBORNE LIDAR POINT CLOUD DATA AND SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL IMAGE REGISTRATION BASED ON COMBINED ADJUSTMENT

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B1 ◽  
pp. 259-264
Author(s):  
Z. H. Yang ◽  
Y. S. Zhang ◽  
T. Zheng ◽  
W. B. Lai ◽  
Z. R. Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Image ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Image Space ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Exterior Orientation ◽  
Registration Method ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Airborne Laser ◽  
Least Squares Adjustment

Aim at the problem of co-registration airborne laser point cloud data with the synchronous digital image, this paper proposed a registration method based on combined adjustment. By integrating tie point, point cloud data with elevation constraint pseudo observations, using the principle of least-squares adjustment to solve the corrections of exterior orientation elements of each image, high-precision registration results can be obtained. In order to ensure the reliability of the tie point, and the effectiveness of pseudo observations, this paper proposed a point cloud data constrain SIFT matching and optimizing method, can ensure that the tie points are located on flat terrain area. Experiments with the airborne laser point cloud data and its synchronous digital image, there are about 43 pixels error in image space using the original POS data. If only considering the bore-sight of POS system, there are still 1.3 pixels error in image space. The proposed method regards the corrections of the exterior orientation elements of each image as unknowns and the errors are reduced to 0.15 pixels.

scholarly journals CO-REGISTRATION AIRBORNE LIDAR POINT CLOUD DATA AND SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL IMAGE REGISTRATION BASED ON COMBINED ADJUSTMENT

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B1 ◽  
pp. 259-264
Author(s):  
Z. H. Yang ◽  
Y. S. Zhang ◽  
T. Zheng ◽  
W. B. Lai ◽  
Z. R. Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Image ◽  
Point Cloud ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Image Space ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Exterior Orientation ◽  
Registration Method ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Airborne Laser ◽  
Least Squares Adjustment

Aim at the problem of co-registration airborne laser point cloud data with the synchronous digital image, this paper proposed a registration method based on combined adjustment. By integrating tie point, point cloud data with elevation constraint pseudo observations, using the principle of least-squares adjustment to solve the corrections of exterior orientation elements of each image, high-precision registration results can be obtained. In order to ensure the reliability of the tie point, and the effectiveness of pseudo observations, this paper proposed a point cloud data constrain SIFT matching and optimizing method, can ensure that the tie points are located on flat terrain area. Experiments with the airborne laser point cloud data and its synchronous digital image, there are about 43 pixels error in image space using the original POS data. If only considering the bore-sight of POS system, there are still 1.3 pixels error in image space. The proposed method regards the corrections of the exterior orientation elements of each image as unknowns and the errors are reduced to 0.15 pixels.

Registration and Fusion of UAV LiDAR System Sequence Images and Laser Point Clouds

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiayong Yu ◽  
Longchen Ma ◽  
Maoyi Tian, ◽  
Xiushan Lu
Keyword(s):  
Point Cloud ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Optical Image ◽  
Point Cloud Data ◽  
Feature Points ◽  
Lidar System ◽  
Registration Accuracy ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Intensity Image

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted mobile LiDAR system (ULS) is widely used for geomatics owing to its efficient data acquisition and convenient operation. However, due to limited carrying capacity of a UAV, sensors integrated in the ULS should be small and lightweight, which results in decrease in the density of the collected scanning points. This affects registration between image data and point cloud data. To address this issue, the authors propose a method for registering and fusing ULS sequence images and laser point clouds, wherein they convert the problem of registering point cloud data and image data into a problem of matching feature points between the two images. First, a point cloud is selected to produce an intensity image. Subsequently, the corresponding feature points of the intensity image and the optical image are matched, and exterior orientation parameters are solved using a collinear equation based on image position and orientation. Finally, the sequence images are fused with the laser point cloud, based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) time index of the optical image, to generate a true color point cloud. The experimental results show the higher registration accuracy and fusion speed of the proposed method, thereby demonstrating its accuracy and effectiveness.

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