Extraction of crown volume using triangulated irregular network algorithm based on LiDAR

GONG Yin-Xi; YAN Fei; FENG Zhong-Ke; LIU Yun-Feng; XUE Wen-Xing; XIE Fei

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2016.02.010

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