Full-Waveform Lidar Remote Sensing for Forest Inventory

澳大利亚拥有世界第六大森林面积，面积为1.64亿公顷，覆盖了整个大陆的21%。澳大利亚政府通过建立森林数据库和检测森林变化，对森林管理研究进行了投资。成功应用全波形激光雷达数据提取样地统计数据，如百分位数、树干测量、冠层覆盖和叶面积指数，将有助于森林资源管理和分析。值得注意的是，这项研究将有益于新南威尔士州的森林以及许多需要可靠森林资源数据的行业，如土地保护、国防、紧急服务和消防当局。

Australia has the sixth largest forest area in the world, consisting of 164 million hectares covering 21% of the continent. The Australian government has invested in research for management of forests by construction of forest database and detection of forest change. The successful application of full-waveform lidar data for the extraction of plot statistics such as percentile tree counts, stem measurement, canopy cover and leaf area index, will contribute to forest resource management and analysis. Significantly, this research will be of benefit to Forests New South Wales as well as the many industries that require reliable forest resource data, such as land care, national defence, emergency services, and fire fighting authorities.