Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning Data for the Assessment of Standing and Lying Deadwood: Current Situation and New Perspectives

LiDAR technology is finding uses in the forest sector, not only for surveys in producing forests but also as a tool to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of the three-dimensional component of forest environments. Developments of platforms and sensors in the last decades have highlighted t...

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Published in:Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2018-09, Vol.10 (9), p.1356
Main Authors: Marchi, Niccolò, Pirotti, Francesco, Lingua, Emanuele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
airborne laser scanning
Airborne lasers
Biomass
Dead wood
deadwood
Ecology
Ecosystem assessment
Forest ecosystems
Forest management
Lasers
LiDAR
Platforms
Remote sensing
Sensors
Snags
Terrestrial ecosystems
terrestrial laser scanning
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Vegetation
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Summary:LiDAR technology is finding uses in the forest sector, not only for surveys in producing forests but also as a tool to gain a deeper understanding of the importance of the three-dimensional component of forest environments. Developments of platforms and sensors in the last decades have highlighted the capacity of this technology to catch relevant details, even at finer scales. This drives its usage towards more ecological topics and applications for forest management. In recent years, nature protection policies have been focusing on deadwood as a key element for the health of forest ecosystems and wide-scale assessments are necessary for the planning process on a landscape scale. Initial studies showed promising results in the identification of bigger deadwood components (e.g., snags, logs, stumps), employing data not specifically collected for the purpose. Nevertheless, many efforts should still be made to transfer the available methodologies to an operational level. Newly available platforms (e.g., Mobile Laser Scanner) and sensors (e.g., Multispectral Laser Scanner) might provide new opportunities for this field of study in the near future.
ISSN:2072-4292
2072-4292
DOI:10.3390/rs10091356