Hemispherical Photography in Forest Science: Theory, Methods, Applications

Hemispherical Photography in Forest Science: Theory, Methods, Applications

This book presents practical information about hemispherical photography from the perspectives of field data acquisition, image processing and information retrieval methods. This book is organized into three sections. The first section describes what is hemispherical photography and what are the fun...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fournier, Richard A. (Editor), Hall, Ronald J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:Managing Forest Ecosystems, 28
Subjects:
Life sciences.
Image processing.
Remote sensing.
Forestry.
Natural resources.
Life Sciences.
Image Processing and Computer Vision.
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.
Natural Resources.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contributor biographer data
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Solar radiation in forests: theory for hemispherical photography
  • Chapter 3. Measurement of forest structure with hemispherical photography
  • Chapter 4. Acquiring hemispherical photographs in forest environments: from planning to archiving photographs
  • Chapter 5. Image analysis of hemispherical photographs, algorithms and calculations
  • Chapter 6. View angle-dependent clumping indices for indirect LAI estimation
  • Chapter 7. Comparison of software tools for analysis of hemispherical photographs
  • Chapter 8. Hemispherical photography in support of forest inventory and silviculture
  • Chapter 9. Canopy architecture models in support of methods using hemispherical photography
  • Chapter 10. Hemispherical photography for forestry: conclusions, applications, limitations, and implementation perspectives
  • Index.

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