Experiments on Estimating Planted Forest Inventory Attributes Based on UAV-LiDAR Data

doi:10.13466/j.cnki.lyzygl.2023.03.012

Abstract

Abstract:

To explore advanced,reliable,and feasible technical schemes for small-scale forest resource inventory and monitoring,unmanned aerial vehicle-based LiDAR (UAV-LiDAR) was tested for estimating and mapping forest inventory attributes.Thirteen UAV-LiDAR-derived metrics,which depict the three-dimensional structural aspects of the forest canopy and have clear forest mensuration and ecology significance,were used to construct 86 multiplicative power formulations consisting of 2~5 predictors for forest inventory attribute estimation by using a rule-based exhaustive combination.All the formulations were calibrated and validated using the sample plot data,and six optimal models were achieved.The results indicated that the coefficients of determination (R²) of the mean stand height,basal area,and volume estimation for the pine and eucalyptus planted forests were 0.616~0.853,the relative root mean squared errors (rRMSE) were 10.85%~18.79%,and the mean predictive errors (MPE) were 3.80%~9.72%.With its ability to accurately estimate and map forest attributes,UAV-LiDAR provides an innovative technological tool for small-scale forest resource inventory,and effectively overcomes many of the problems of conventional field measurements.However,there are still numerous technical issues that need to be further investigated in the application of UAV-LiDAR to forest resource inventory to improve accuracy and reduce inventory costs.

Key words: forest resources, stand factor, estimation, model, remote sensing

CLC Number:

S771.8

ZHOU Mei, LI Chungan, YANG Chengling, LI Zhen. Experiments on Estimating Planted Forest Inventory Attributes Based on UAV-LiDAR Data[J]. FOREST RESOURCES WANAGEMENT, 2023, (3): 90-97.

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森林类型	样地数量	林木密度/ (株/hm²)	平均直径		平均高		断面积		蓄积量
森林类型	样地数量	林木密度/ (株/hm²)	均值/ cm	CV/ %	均值/ cm	CV/ %	均值/ (m²/hm²)	CV/ %	均值/ (m³/hm²)	CV/ %
松树林	33	717~2 233	26.2	24.6	17.5	26.2	32.9	23.4	242.7	30.5
桉树林	35	1 067~3 450	11.1	28	15.2	30.6	18.3	53.9	150.6	65.3

变量	含义	冠层三维结构的刻画角度	变量组
hp95	95%分位数高度	冠层高度	高度变量
Hmean	点云平均高	冠层高度	高度变量
Hstd	点云高度的标准差	冠层高度	高度变量
Hcv	点云高度的变动系数	冠层高度	高度变量
CC	郁闭度(修正)	冠层密度	密度变量
dp50	50%分位数密度	冠层密度	密度变量
dp75	75%分位数密度	冠层密度	密度变量
LADmean	叶面积密度均值	垂直结构异质性	垂直结构变量
LADstd	叶面积密度标准差	垂直结构异质性	垂直结构变量
LADcv	叶面积密度变动系数	垂直结构异质性	垂直结构变量
VFPmean	枝叶垂直剖面均值	垂直结构异质性	垂直结构变量
VFPstd	枝叶垂直剖面标准差	垂直结构异质性	垂直结构变量
VFPcv	枝叶垂直剖面变动系数	垂直结构异质性	垂直结构变量

森林类型	森林参数	模型式
松树林	蓄积量(VOL)/m³	VOL_Pine=a0Hmean^a¹CC^a²VFPstd^a³Hstd^a⁴dp75^a⁵
	断面积(BA)/m²	BA_Pine=a0Hmean^a¹CC^a²VFPstd^a³Hcv^a⁴dp50^a⁵
	平均高(H)/m	H_Pine=a0hp60^a¹hp70^a²hp80^a³CC^a⁴dp50^a⁵
桉树林	蓄积量(VOL)/m³	VOL_Eucalyptus=a0hp95^a¹CC^a²VFPstd^a³Hcv^a⁴dp75^a⁵
	断面积(BA)/m²	BA_Eucalyptus=a0hp95^a¹CC^a²VFPstd^a³Hstd^a⁴dp75^a⁵
	平均高(H)/m	H_Eucalyptus=a0hp60^a¹hp80^a²

森林类型	森林参数	样地数量	模型参数估计值							修正因子 (CF)		拟合指标						检验指标
森林类型	森林参数	样地数量	a0	a1	a2	a3	a4	a5		修正因子 (CF)		R²		rRMSE/ %		MPE/ %		R²	rRMSE/ %		MPE/ %
松树林	VOL	33	0.172 70	1.474 9	1.329 4	-0.163 6	-0.263 800	-1.381 2	1.009 8		0.783		12.44		4.69		0.708			13.86		5.36
	BA	33	0.694 70	0.701 1	0.887 0	-0.204 4	-0.365 000	-0.981 7	1.008 4		0.676		11.94		4.51		0.616			14.26		5.04
	H	33	-0.080 12	-5.177 1	8.299 5	-2.391 0	1.136 600	-1.012 3	1.007 0		0.846		10.30		3.88		0.794			11.06		4.15
桉树林	VOL	35	-0.288 50	1.837 9	0.661 7	0.211 3	-0.002 804	0.144 5	1.018 4		0.943		15.71		5.82		0.853			17.79		6.22
	BA	35	-0.453 30	1.252 4	0.592 9	0.132 7	-0.054 760	0.161 8	1.019 1		0.903		15.91		5.89		0.844			16.72		6.72
	H	35	0.055 13	-2.560 6	3.471 9				1.005 9		0.899		9.87		3.59		0.833			10.85		3.81