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REMOTE SENSING
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs10010013
关键词
UAV; UAS; drone; structure from motion; forest inventory; biophysical parameter; aerial survey
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资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for Science Research (JSPS KAKENHI) [15H05625]
- Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency, Japan [4-1506]
- Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) [14200117]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15H05625] Funding Source: KAKEN
Methods for accurately measuring biophysical parameters are a key component for quantitative evaluation regarding to various forest applications. Conventional in situ measurements of these parameters take time and expense, encountering difficultness at locations with heterogeneous microtopography. To obtain precise biophysical data in such situations, we deployed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) multirotor drone in a cypress forest in a mountainous area of Japan. The structure from motion (SfM) method was used to construct a three-dimensional (3D) model of the forest (tree) structures from aerial photos. Tree height was estimated from the 3D model and compared to in situ ground data. We also analyzed the relationships between a biophysical parameter, diameter at breast height (DBH), of individual trees with canopy width and area measured from orthorectified images. Despite the constraints of ground exposure in a highly dense forest area, tree height was estimated at an accuracy of root mean square error = 1.712 m for observed tree heights ranging from 16 to 24 m. DBH was highly correlated with canopy width (R-2 = 0.7786) and canopy area (R-2 = 0.7923), where DBH ranged from 11 to 58 cm. The results of estimating forest parameters indicate that drone-based remote-sensing methods can be utilized to accurately analyze the spatial extent of forest structures.
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