Scientific advances

Publications

Figure 1: Number of publications by year for (lidar OR laser) AND (forestry OR forest OR tree) (image from dimensions.ai, created on 11.04.2025)

Researchers

Figure 2: Network of researchers for (lidar OR laser) AND (forestry OR forest OR tree) (image from dimensions.ai, created on 11.04.2025)

From the top 20 researcher in terms of publications related to (lidar OR laser) AND (forestry OR forest OR tree) 18 are from North-America or Scandinavia (according to dimensions.ai, on 09.07.2024):

  • Finland: 8
  • USA: 5
  • Canada: 3
  • Norway: 2
  • Belgium: 1
  • China: 1

From central European countries which are chracaterized by temperate mixed forests there are only few research organizations which have a long lasting experience with ALS-data in the field of forestry. The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) has some background and recently the French National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN) also shows some effords related to their current national campaign LidarHD.