Articles containing the keyword 'structural tree model'

In this paper, we present a new methodology that directly extracts the geometry of woody features (wood and bark) and foliage from 3D data originating from terrestrial laser scans. Our goal was to enhance the precision of radiative transfer models for modelling tree shading by using highly resolved 3D tree models. The approach was tested on a single apple tree (Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.) in a peri-urban setting and was validated by utilising an open-source radiative transfer model and comparing the simulation output with in-situ measurements of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) as well as simulations utilizing turbid voxels of 0.2 m and 1 m edge length. The in-situ measurements of 60 PAR sensors showed a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.92 with the simulated light intensities for the reconstructed polygons which was higher than for the voxel-based approaches (0.2 m:  r = 0.85, 1 m: r = 0.73). We were able to demonstrate that our approach effectively simulates light extinction through the canopy. This innovative method has the potential to easily provide detailed insights into high resolution radiation patterns within forests, which are connected to multiple ecosystem functions like species and habitat diversity.

• Frey, Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7895-702X E-mail: julian.frey@wwd.uni-freiburg.de
• Schindler, Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-1920 E-mail: zoe.schindler@wwd.uni-freiburg.de
• McClatchy, Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany E-mail: patrickjmcclatchy@gmail.com
• Morhart, Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1874-5011 E-mail: christopher.morhart@wwd.uni-freiburg.de
• Larysch, Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1191-5770 E-mail: elena.larysch@wwd.uni-freiburg.de
• Seifert, Chair of Forest Growth and Dendroecology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79106 Freiburg, Germany; Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9611-6272 E-mail: thomas.seifert@wwd.uni-freiburg.de