Robust processing of airborne laser scans to plant area density profiles

<p>We present a new algorithm for the estimation of the plant area density (PAD) profiles and plant area index (PAI) for forested areas based on data from airborne lidar.</p> <p>The new element in the algorithm is to scale and average returned lidar intensities for each lidar p...

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Main Authors: J. Arnqvist, J. Freier, E. Dellwik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-12-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/5939/2020/bg-17-5939-2020.pdf