Laser Scanning for Quantifying Sustainable Forest and Agriculture Management
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 May 2024) | Viewed by 5608
Special Issue Editors
Interests: airborne laser scanning; mobile laser scanning; UAV laser scanning; DEM; LiDAR radiometric modeling; LiDAR simulation
Interests: lidar remote sensing; spectral remote sensing; growth modeling; carbon budgeting; forest management; sensing of climate change signals
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: laser scanning (airborne, mobile, and terrestrial); 3D remote sensing; individual tree detection; virtual forests
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Technological advancements of laser, scanning electromechanics, GPS/IMU, and vehicle platforms have realized a wide variety of laser scanning systems, ranging from satellite, airborne, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to single-person backpack, hand-held, and even pads. Point clouds and waveforms collected from some of these systems have been utilized and proven their value for forestry and agricultural management, while other systems require further study to unleash their full potential. Novel algorithms are also sought to expedite information extraction from the ever-growing data volume.
This Special Issue aims at studies covering different uses of laser scanning systems in agricultural and forest sciences. Topics include but are not limited to an investigation of the characteristics of various laser scanning systems, such as point density, penetration, intensity values, case studies to derive forest structures or single tree parameters and to estimate crop yield, and algorithm development to handle large volumes of data based on artificial intelligence or machine learning techniques.
Prof. Dr. Chi-Kuei Wang
Prof. Dr. Chinsu Lin
Prof. Dr. Juha Hyyppä
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- agricultural and forestry management
- forest structure
- agricultural monitoring
- laser scanning
- mobile systems
- point clouds and waveform processing
- tree extraction/segmentation
- biomass
- crop yield
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue polices can be found here.