Canadian Forest Service Publications
Measuring vegetation height in linear disturbances in the boreal forest with UAV photogrammetry. 2017. Chen, S.; McDermid, G.J.; Castilla, G.; Linke, J. Remote Sensing 9(12):1257.
Year: 2017
Issued by: Northern Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 41041
Language: English
Availability: PDF (download)
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DOI: 10.3390/rs9121257
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Abstract
Monitoring vegetation recovery typically requires ground measurements of vegetation height, which is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have shown great promise for characterizing vegetation in a cost-efficient way, but the literature on specific methods and cost savings is scant. In this study, we surveyed vegetation height on seismic lines in Alberta’s Boreal Forest using a point-intercept sampling strategy, and compared them to height estimates derived from UAV-based photogrammetric point clouds.