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Identification of tree species based on the fusion of UAV hyperspectral image and LiDAR data in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Northeast China
Rapid and accurate identification of tree species via remote sensing technology has become one of the important means for forest inventory. This paper is to develop an accurate tree species identification framework that integrates unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV)-based hyperspectral image and light d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9539217/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36212338 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.964769 |
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author | Zhong, Hao Lin, Wenshu Liu, Haoran Ma, Nan Liu, Kangkang Cao, Rongzhen Wang, Tiantian Ren, Zhengzhao |
author_facet | Zhong, Hao Lin, Wenshu Liu, Haoran Ma, Nan Liu, Kangkang Cao, Rongzhen Wang, Tiantian Ren, Zhengzhao |
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description | Rapid and accurate identification of tree species via remote sensing technology has become one of the important means for forest inventory. This paper is to develop an accurate tree species identification framework that integrates unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV)-based hyperspectral image and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data under the complex condition of natural coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests. First, the UAV-based hyperspectral image and LiDAR data were obtained from a natural coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in the Maoer Mountain area of Northeast China. The preprocessed LiDAR data was segmented using a distance-based point cloud clustering algorithm to obtain the point cloud of individual trees; the hyperspectral image was segmented using the projection outlines of individual tree point clouds to obtain the hyperspectral data of individual trees. Then, different hyperspectral and LiDAR features were extracted, respectively, and the importance of the features was analyzed by a random forest (RF) algorithm in order to select appropriate features for the single-source and multi-source data. Finally, tree species identification in the study area were conducted by using a support vector machine (SVM) algorithm together with hyperspectral features, LiDAR features and fused features, respectively. Results showed that the total accuracy for individual tree segmentation was 84.62%, and the fused features achieved the best accuracy for identification of the tree species (total accuracy = 89.20%), followed by the hyperspectral features (total accuracy = 86.08%) and LiDAR features (total accuracy = 76.42%). The optimal features for tree species identification based on fusion of the hyperspectral and LiDAR data included the vegetation indices that were sensitive to the chlorophyll, anthocyanin and carotene contents in the leaves, the partial components of the transformed independent component analysis (ICA), minimum noise fraction (MNF) and principal component analysis (PCA), and the intensity features of the LiDAR echo, respectively. It was concluded that the framework developed in this study was effective in tree species identification under the complex conditions of natural coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest and the fusion of UAV-based hyperspectral image and LiDAR data can achieve enhanced accuracy compared the single-source UAV-based remote sensing data. |
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spelling | pubmed-95392172022-10-08 Identification of tree species based on the fusion of UAV hyperspectral image and LiDAR data in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Northeast China Zhong, Hao Lin, Wenshu Liu, Haoran Ma, Nan Liu, Kangkang Cao, Rongzhen Wang, Tiantian Ren, Zhengzhao Front Plant Sci Plant Science Rapid and accurate identification of tree species via remote sensing technology has become one of the important means for forest inventory. This paper is to develop an accurate tree species identification framework that integrates unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV)-based hyperspectral image and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data under the complex condition of natural coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests. First, the UAV-based hyperspectral image and LiDAR data were obtained from a natural coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in the Maoer Mountain area of Northeast China. The preprocessed LiDAR data was segmented using a distance-based point cloud clustering algorithm to obtain the point cloud of individual trees; the hyperspectral image was segmented using the projection outlines of individual tree point clouds to obtain the hyperspectral data of individual trees. Then, different hyperspectral and LiDAR features were extracted, respectively, and the importance of the features was analyzed by a random forest (RF) algorithm in order to select appropriate features for the single-source and multi-source data. Finally, tree species identification in the study area were conducted by using a support vector machine (SVM) algorithm together with hyperspectral features, LiDAR features and fused features, respectively. Results showed that the total accuracy for individual tree segmentation was 84.62%, and the fused features achieved the best accuracy for identification of the tree species (total accuracy = 89.20%), followed by the hyperspectral features (total accuracy = 86.08%) and LiDAR features (total accuracy = 76.42%). The optimal features for tree species identification based on fusion of the hyperspectral and LiDAR data included the vegetation indices that were sensitive to the chlorophyll, anthocyanin and carotene contents in the leaves, the partial components of the transformed independent component analysis (ICA), minimum noise fraction (MNF) and principal component analysis (PCA), and the intensity features of the LiDAR echo, respectively. It was concluded that the framework developed in this study was effective in tree species identification under the complex conditions of natural coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest and the fusion of UAV-based hyperspectral image and LiDAR data can achieve enhanced accuracy compared the single-source UAV-based remote sensing data. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9539217/ /pubmed/36212338 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.964769 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhong, Lin, Liu, Ma, Liu, Cao, Wang and Ren https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Plant Science Zhong, Hao Lin, Wenshu Liu, Haoran Ma, Nan Liu, Kangkang Cao, Rongzhen Wang, Tiantian Ren, Zhengzhao Identification of tree species based on the fusion of UAV hyperspectral image and LiDAR data in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Northeast China |
title | Identification of tree species based on the fusion of UAV hyperspectral image and LiDAR data in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Northeast China |
title_full | Identification of tree species based on the fusion of UAV hyperspectral image and LiDAR data in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Northeast China |
title_fullStr | Identification of tree species based on the fusion of UAV hyperspectral image and LiDAR data in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Northeast China |
title_full_unstemmed | Identification of tree species based on the fusion of UAV hyperspectral image and LiDAR data in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Northeast China |
title_short | Identification of tree species based on the fusion of UAV hyperspectral image and LiDAR data in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in Northeast China |
title_sort | identification of tree species based on the fusion of uav hyperspectral image and lidar data in a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest in northeast china |
topic | Plant Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9539217/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36212338 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.964769 |
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