Mobile terrestrial laser scanner applications in precision fruticulture/ horticulture and tools to extract information from canopy point clouds
LiDAR sensors are widely used in many areas and, in recent years, that includes agricultural tasks. In this work, a self-developed mobile terrestrial laser scanner based on a 2D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor was used to scan an intensive olive orchard, and different algorithms were deve...
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| Publication date: | 2017 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat de Lleida (UdL) |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-016-9474-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/62753 |
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| Keyword: | LiDAR Canopy modelling Precision Fructiculture Olive orchard Mobile terrestrial laser scanner |
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| author | Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre |
| author2 | Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio Rufat i Lamarca, Josep Arnó Satorra, Jaume Arbonés, Amadeu Sebé Feixas, Francesc Pascual Roca, Miquel Gregorio López, Eduard Rosell Polo, Joan Ramon |
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| author_browse | Arbonés, Amadeu Arnó Satorra, Jaume Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre Gregorio López, Eduard Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio Pascual Roca, Miquel Rosell Polo, Joan Ramon Rufat i Lamarca, Josep Sebé Feixas, Francesc |
| author_facet | Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio Rufat i Lamarca, Josep Arnó Satorra, Jaume Arbonés, Amadeu Sebé Feixas, Francesc Pascual Roca, Miquel Gregorio López, Eduard Rosell Polo, Joan Ramon |
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| description | LiDAR sensors are widely used in many areas and, in recent years, that includes agricultural tasks. In this work, a self-developed mobile terrestrial laser scanner based on a 2D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor was used to scan an intensive olive orchard, and different algorithms were developed to estimate canopy volume. Canopy volume estimations derived from LiDAR sensor readings were compared to conventional estimations used in fruticulture/horticulture research and the results prove that they are equivalent with coefficients of correlation ranging from r = 0.56 to r = 0.82 depending on the algorithms used. Additionally, tools related to analysis of point cloud data from the LiDAR-based system are proposed to extract further geometrical and structural information from tree row crop canopies to be offered to farmers and technical advisors as digital raster maps. Having high spatial resolution information on canopy geometry (i.e., height, width and volume) and on canopy structure (i.e., light penetrability, leafiness and porosity) may result in better orchard management decisions. Easily obtainable, reliable information on canopy geometry and structure may favour the development of decision support systems either for irrigation, fertilization or canopy management, as well as for variable rate application of agricultural inputs in the framework of precision fruticulture/horticulture. |
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| spelling | Mobile terrestrial laser scanner applications in precision fruticulture/ horticulture and tools to extract information from canopy point clouds Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre Martínez Casasnovas, José Antonio Rufat i Lamarca, Josep Arnó Satorra, Jaume Arbonés, Amadeu Sebé Feixas, Francesc Pascual Roca, Miquel Gregorio López, Eduard Rosell Polo, Joan Ramon LiDAR Canopy modelling Precision Fructiculture Olive orchard Mobile terrestrial laser scanner LiDAR sensors are widely used in many areas and, in recent years, that includes agricultural tasks. In this work, a self-developed mobile terrestrial laser scanner based on a 2D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor was used to scan an intensive olive orchard, and different algorithms were developed to estimate canopy volume. Canopy volume estimations derived from LiDAR sensor readings were compared to conventional estimations used in fruticulture/horticulture research and the results prove that they are equivalent with coefficients of correlation ranging from r = 0.56 to r = 0.82 depending on the algorithms used. Additionally, tools related to analysis of point cloud data from the LiDAR-based system are proposed to extract further geometrical and structural information from tree row crop canopies to be offered to farmers and technical advisors as digital raster maps. Having high spatial resolution information on canopy geometry (i.e., height, width and volume) and on canopy structure (i.e., light penetrability, leafiness and porosity) may result in better orchard management decisions. Easily obtainable, reliable information on canopy geometry and structure may favour the development of decision support systems either for irrigation, fertilization or canopy management, as well as for variable rate application of agricultural inputs in the framework of precision fruticulture/horticulture. This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the projects SAFESPRAY (AGL2010-22304-C04-03) and AgVANCE (AGL2013-48297-C2-2-R) and by the project Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria RTA2012-00059-C02-01. Springer Science+Business Media https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-016-9474-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/62753 |
| spellingShingle | Mobile terrestrial laser scanner applications in precision fruticulture/ horticulture and tools to extract information from canopy point clouds Escolà i Agustí, Alexandre LiDAR Canopy modelling Precision Fructiculture Olive orchard Mobile terrestrial laser scanner |
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| title | Mobile terrestrial laser scanner applications in precision fruticulture/ horticulture and tools to extract information from canopy point clouds |
| title_full | Mobile terrestrial laser scanner applications in precision fruticulture/ horticulture and tools to extract information from canopy point clouds |
| title_fullStr | Mobile terrestrial laser scanner applications in precision fruticulture/ horticulture and tools to extract information from canopy point clouds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobile terrestrial laser scanner applications in precision fruticulture/ horticulture and tools to extract information from canopy point clouds |
| title_short | Mobile terrestrial laser scanner applications in precision fruticulture/ horticulture and tools to extract information from canopy point clouds |
| title_sort | Mobile terrestrial laser scanner applications in precision fruticulture/ horticulture and tools to extract information from canopy point clouds |
| topic | LiDAR Canopy modelling Precision Fructiculture Olive orchard Mobile terrestrial laser scanner |
| topic_facet | LiDAR Canopy modelling Precision Fructiculture Olive orchard Mobile terrestrial laser scanner |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-016-9474-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/62753 |