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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2006.22.6.533

Characteristics of Airborne Lidar Data and Ground Points Separation in Forested Area  

Yoon, Jong-Suk (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University)
Lee, Kyu-Sung (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University)
Shin, Jung-Il (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University)
Woo, Choong-Shik (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.22, no.6, 2006 , pp. 533-542 More about this Journal
Abstract
Lidar point clouds provide three dimensional information of terrain surface and have a great advantage to generate precise digital elevation model (DEM), particularly over forested area where some laser signals are transmitted to vegetation canopy and reflected from the bare ground. This study initially investigates the characteristics of lidar-derived height information as related to vertical structure of forest stands. Then, we propose a new filtering method to separate ground points from Lidar point clouds, which is a prerequisite process both to generate DEM surface and to extract biophysical information of forest stands. Laser points clouds over the forest stands in central Korea show that the vertical distribution of laser points greatly varies by the stand characteristics. Based on the characteristics, the proposed filtering method processes first and last returns simultaneously without setting any threshold value. The ground points separated by the proposed method are used to generate digital elevation model, furthermore, the result provides the possibilities to extract other biophysical characteristics of forest.
Keywords
Lidar; filtering; forest; stand structure; multiple returns; DEM;
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