Identification of Damaged Canopies in Farmland Artificial Shelterbelts Based on Fusion of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle LiDAR and Multispectral Features
, Tianlan Li 1,2, Yu Lv 3, Rong Wang 1,2, Ting Sun 1,2, Yuekun Gao 1,2 and Hongqi Wu 1,2,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsFind my comments in the pdf file and I wish you good luck.
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Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers: Thank you for your letter and for the reviewers’ comments concerning our manuscript entitled “Identification of Damaged Canopy by in Farmland Artificial Shelterbelts Based on Fusion of UAV LiDAR and Multispectral Features” (forests-2966010).Those comments are all valuable and very helpful for revising and improving our paper, as well as the important guiding significance to our researches. We have studied comments carefully and have made correction which we hope meet with approval.For a detailed response, please read the attached and the resubmitted manuscript.We are not sure if these responses will satisfy you. If not, you can contact us at any time to make changes. Yours sincerely, Zequn Xiang and the co-authorsAuthor Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsPlease find the attached file.
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers:
Thank you for your letter and for the reviewers’ comments concerning our manuscript entitled “Identification of Damaged Canopy by in Farmland Artificial Shelterbelts Based on Fusion of UAV LiDAR and Multispectral Features” (forests-2966010).Those comments are all valuable and very helpful for revising and improving our paper, as well as the important guiding significance to our researches. We have studied comments carefully and have made correction which we hope meet with approval.For a detailed response, please read the attached and the resubmitted manuscript.We are not sure if these responses will satisfy you. If not, you can contact us at any time to make changes.
Yours sincerely,
Zequn Xiang and the co-authors
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsAfter reviewing the paper titled "Identification of Damaged Canopy by Pests and Diseases in Farmland Shelterbelts Based on Fusion of UAV LiDAR and Multispectral Features," I have the following comments:
1. The authors utilized RF, SVM, and MLC classification techniques to identify damaged canopy from UAV LiDAR and Multispectral features. However, the novelty of the study appears limited, as similar works have been published in various reputable journals.
2. The discrepancy arises in the title, which mentions "Identification of Damaged Canopy by Pests and Diseases," yet the methodology lacks clarity on the identification and sampling of disease-affected plants.
3. The statement in lines 143 to 145 145 (For DSM data acquisition………. However, this method has lower accuracy) should be supported with a citation.
4. In Fig. 2, notation should be added for subplot (d).
5. Fig. 2(d) legend mentions CHM, while the caption states it as a Digital Surface Model. This inconsistency needs correction.
6. Add subplot notations to Fig. 4 and its caption for better understanding.
7. The discussion and results sections require improvement, particularly in clearly describing the obtained results.
Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers:
Thank you for your letter and for the reviewers’ comments concerning our manuscript entitled “Identification of Damaged Canopy by in Farmland Artificial Shelterbelts Based on Fusion of UAV LiDAR and Multispectral Features” (forests-2966010).Those comments are all valuable and very helpful for revising and improving our paper, as well as the important guiding significance to our researches. We have studied comments carefully and have made correction which we hope meet with approval.For a detailed response, please read the attached and the resubmitted manuscript.We are not sure if these responses will satisfy you. If not, you can contact us at any time to make changes.
Yours sincerely,
Zequn Xiang and the co-authors
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsAfter reviewing the revised manuscript (forests-2966010) titled "Identification of Damaged Canopy by Pests and Diseases in Farmland Shelterbelts Based on Fusion of UAV LiDAR and Multispectral Features," I have the following comments:
1. Authors responded to comment 4 (In Fig.2, notation should be added for subplot (d)) and they stated, “We were really sorry for our careless mistakes. Thank you for your reminder. The modified position is on line 314.” However, the reviewer could not locate the mentioned revision at line 314 in the manuscript, and also noted that Fig. 2(d) was removed from the manuscript.
2. Reviewers remain dissatisfied with the response to comment 5.
3. In the revised manuscript, Figures 3 and 4 are incorrectly labeled as Fig. 2. Please correct this inconsistency.
4. In Fig. 5, "UAV" is misspelled as "UVA." Please rectify this error.
5. Some English writing typos should be corrected.
I kindly request the authors to highlight any modified content in the revised manuscript before submission for better understanding of reviewer.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageSome English writing typos should be corrected.
Author Response
Dear Editors and Reviewers:
Thank you for your letter and for the reviewers’ comments concerning our manuscript entitled “Identification of Damaged Canopy by in Farmland Artificial Shelterbelts Based on Fusion of UAV LiDAR and Multispectral Features” (forests-2966010). Those comments are very valuable, very helpful to revise and improve the paper, and have important guiding significance for our research. We have studied comments carefully and have made correction which we hope meet with approval. In addition, we polished and revised the quality of the English language. We highlighted the modified parts in yellow. For a detailed response, please read the attached and the resubmitted manuscript. We are not sure if these responses will satisfy you. If not, you can contact us at any time to make changes.
Yours sincerely,
Zequn Xiang and the co-authors
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
