{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2029053624","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2012.6352402","title":"Analysis and error assessment on the use of segmentation for estimating forest structural characteristics from lidar and radar","display_name":"Analysis and error assessment on the use of segmentation for estimating forest structural characteristics from lidar and radar","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2029053624","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2012.6352402","mag":"2029053624"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/igarss.2012.6352402","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2012.6352402","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050229976","display_name":"Paul Siqueira","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5781-8282"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24603500","display_name":"University of Massachusetts Amherst","ror":"https://ror.org/0072zz521","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Paul Siqueira","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5064382127","display_name":"Caitlin Dickinson","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24603500","display_name":"University of Massachusetts Amherst","ror":"https://ror.org/0072zz521","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Caitlin Dickinson","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040323476","display_name":"Razi Ahmed","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4319-379X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24603500","display_name":"University of Massachusetts Amherst","ror":"https://ror.org/0072zz521","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Razi Ahmed","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083976805","display_name":"Bruce Chapman","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-7695"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210145244","display_name":"Radar (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/05c5a2504","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210145244"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bruce Chapman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Radar Science and Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA","[Radar Science & Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA]"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Radar Science and Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210145244"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"[Radar Science & Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA]","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050851859","display_name":"S. Hensley","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8846-2175"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210145244","display_name":"Radar (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/05c5a2504","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210145244"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1334627681","display_name":"Jet Propulsion Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/027k65916","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I122411786","https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210124779"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Scott Hensley","raw_affiliation_strings":["Radar Science and Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA","[Radar Science & Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA]"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Radar Science and Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681","https://openalex.org/I4210145244"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"[Radar Science & Engineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA]","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1334627681"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071797583","display_name":"Kathleen M. Bergen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0583-2108"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1307682583","display_name":"Michigan Department of Natural Resources","ror":"https://ror.org/00t10qd56","country_code":"US","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1307682583"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I27837315","display_name":"University of Michigan\u2013Ann Arbor","ror":"https://ror.org/00jmfr291","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I27837315"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kathleen Bergen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1307682583","https://openalex.org/I27837315"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033873223","display_name":"Richard Lucas","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3010-3302"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16038530","display_name":"Aberystwyth University","ror":"https://ror.org/015m2p889","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16038530"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Richard Lucas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK","Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University , Wales , UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16038530"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University , Wales , UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16038530"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084191543","display_name":"Daniel Clewley","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1243-3711"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16038530","display_name":"Aberystwyth University","ror":"https://ror.org/015m2p889","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16038530"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Daniel Clewley","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK","Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University , Wales , UK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16038530"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University , Wales , UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16038530"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":8,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5050229976"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24603500"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.2515,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.60715747,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"5337","last_page":"5339"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11164","display_name":"Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2305","display_name":"Environmental Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11164","display_name":"Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2305","display_name":"Environmental Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10889","display_name":"Soil erosion and sediment transport","score":0.996399998664856,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1111","display_name":"Soil Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11880","display_name":"Forest ecology and management","score":0.9958999752998352,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2309","display_name":"Nature and Landscape Conservation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lidar","display_name":"Lidar","score":0.8793255090713501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/segmentation","display_name":"Segmentation","score":0.7573856115341187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/remote-sensing","display_name":"Remote sensing","score":0.6888403296470642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/radar","display_name":"Radar","score":0.6772347092628479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/radar-imaging","display_name":"Radar imaging","score":0.6698787808418274},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/backscatter","display_name":"Backscatter (email)","score":0.5654951333999634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5510354042053223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/synthetic-aperture-radar","display_name":"Synthetic aperture radar","score":0.4917636215686798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/image-segmentation","display_name":"Image segmentation","score":0.4881065785884857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/homogeneity","display_name":"Homogeneity (statistics)","score":0.4448358416557312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.4117196202278137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-vision","display_name":"Computer vision","score":0.3284459114074707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geography","display_name":"Geography","score":0.30881810188293457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.09387663006782532},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.08653527498245239}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51399673","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504027","display_name":"Lidar","level":2,"score":0.8793255090713501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89600930","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423946","display_name":"Segmentation","level":2,"score":0.7573856115341187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62649853","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199687","display_name":"Remote sensing","level":1,"score":0.6888403296470642},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C554190296","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47528","display_name":"Radar","level":2,"score":0.6772347092628479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10929652","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7279985","display_name":"Radar imaging","level":3,"score":0.6698787808418274},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C30354325","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204667","display_name":"Backscatter (email)","level":3,"score":0.5654951333999634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5510354042053223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87360688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740686","display_name":"Synthetic aperture radar","level":2,"score":0.4917636215686798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124504099","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56933","display_name":"Image segmentation","level":3,"score":0.4881065785884857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142259097","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891314","display_name":"Homogeneity (statistics)","level":2,"score":0.4448358416557312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4117196202278137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.3284459114074707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.30881810188293457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.09387663006782532},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.08653527498245239},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/igarss.2012.6352402","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2012.6352402","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6899999976158142,"display_name":"Life in Land","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/15"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306101","display_name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","ror":"https://ror.org/027ka1x80"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":2,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1566532634","https://openalex.org/W2018130020"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2126662085","https://openalex.org/W4321077502","https://openalex.org/W2084135049","https://openalex.org/W2086594139","https://openalex.org/W4321518183","https://openalex.org/W2008570747","https://openalex.org/W2074065773","https://openalex.org/W2153133857","https://openalex.org/W1987009641","https://openalex.org/W2545123933"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"investigates":[2],"the":[3,61,66],"ability":[4],"of":[5,48],"radar":[6],"image":[7],"segmentation":[8,47],"to":[9,17,26,65],"produce":[10],"meaningful,":[11],"structurally":[12],"homogenous":[13],"objects":[14],"with":[15],"respect":[16,35],"lidar-derived":[18],"forest":[19],"metrics.":[20],"A":[21],"comparative":[22],"approach":[23],"is":[24,44],"taken":[25],"determine":[27],"if":[28],"radar-derived":[29],"segments":[30,39],"perform":[31],"better":[32],"in":[33,56],"this":[34],"than":[36],"arbitrary,":[37],"square":[38],"or":[40],"landcover-derived":[41],"segments.":[42],"It":[43],"found":[45],"that":[46],"UAVSAR":[49],"co-":[50],"and":[51,68],"cross-polarization":[52],"backscatter":[53],"magnitudes":[54],"results":[55],"increased":[57],"lidar":[58],"homogeneity":[59],"on":[60],"segment":[62],"level":[63],"relative":[64],"arbitrary":[67],"landcover":[69],"segmentations.":[70]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}