A novel approach to internal crown characterization for coniferous tree species classification

A. Harikumar; F. Bovolo; L. Bruzzone

doi:10.1117/12.2241452

18 October 2016 A novel approach to internal crown characterization for coniferous tree species classification

A. Harikumar, F. Bovolo, L. Bruzzone

Proceedings Volume 10004, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXII; 100040H (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2241452
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The knowledge about individual trees in forest is highly beneficial in forest management. High density small foot- print multi-return airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data can provide a very accurate information about the structural properties of individual trees in forests. Every tree species has a unique set of crown structural characteristics that can be used for tree species classification. In this paper, we use both the internal and external crown structural information of a conifer tree crown, derived from a high density small foot-print multi-return LiDAR data acquisition for species classification. Considering the fact that branches are the major building blocks of a conifer tree crown, we obtain the internal crown structural information using a branch level analysis. The structure of each conifer branch is represented using clusters in the LiDAR point cloud. We propose the joint use of the k-means clustering and geometric shape fitting, on the LiDAR data projected onto a novel 3-dimensional space, to identify branch clusters. After mapping the identified clusters back to the original space, six internal geometric features are estimated using a branch-level analysis. The external crown characteristics are modeled by using six least correlated features based on cone fitting and convex hull. Species classification is performed using a sparse Support Vector Machines (sparse SVM) classifier.

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A. Harikumar, F. Bovolo, and L. Bruzzone "A novel approach to internal crown characterization for coniferous tree species classification", Proc. SPIE 10004, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XXII, 100040H (18 October 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2241452

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