Quantitative Assessment of Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris L.) Whorl Structure in a Forest Environment Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning

• Published in: IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing Vol. 11; no. 10; pp. 3598 - 3607
• Main Authors: Pyorala, Jiri, Liang, Xinlian, Vastaranta, Mikko, Saarinen, Ninni, Kankare, Ville, Wang, Yunsheng, Holopainen, Markus, Hyyppa, Juha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.10.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Accuracy; Branch; Branches; Data; Data models; Detection; Evaluation; Evergreen trees; forestry; Forests; Geospatial analysis; Insertion; Laser modes; Lasers; LiDAR; Measurement by laser beam; Methods; modeling; Occlusion; Parameters; Pine trees; Procurement; Remote sensing; Sawmills; Scanning; Three dimensional models; Three-dimensional displays; Vegetation; Wood; wood procurement; wood quality
• ISSN: 1939-1404; 2151-1535
• DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2819598

State-of-the-art technology available at sawmills enables measurements of whorl numbers and the maximum branch diameter for individual logs, but such information is currently unavailable at the wood procurement planning phase. The first step toward more detailed evaluation of standing timber is to i...