SIMLIDAR – Simulation of LIDAR performance in artificially simulated orchards

dc.contributor.authorMéndez, Valeriano
dc.contributor.authorCatalán, Heliodoro
dc.contributor.authorRosell Polo, Joan Ramon
dc.contributor.authorArnó Satorra, Jaume
dc.contributor.authorSanz Cortiella, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorTarquis, Ana
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-28T08:20:05Z
dc.date.available2016-10-28T08:20:05Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractSIMLIDAR is an application developed in C++ that generates an artificial orchard using a Lindenmayer system. The application simulates the lateral interaction between the artificial orchard and a laser scanner or LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). To best highlight the unique qualities of the LIDAR simulation, this work focuses on apple trees without leaves, i.e. the woody structure. The objective is to simulate a terrestrial laser sensor (LIDAR) when applied to different artificially created orchards and compare the simulated characteristics of trees with the parameters obtained with the LIDAR. The scanner is mounted on a virtual tractor and measures the distance between the origin of the laser beam and the nearby plant object. This measurement is taken with an angular scan in a plane which is perpendicular to the route of the virtual tractor. SIMLIDAR determines the distance measured in a bi-dimensional matrix N × M, where N is the number of angular scans and M is the number of steps in the tractor route. In order to test the data and performance of SIMLIDAR, the simulation has been applied to 42 different artificial orchards. After previously defining and calculating two vegetative parameters (wood area and wood projected area) of the simulated trees, a good correlation (R2 = 0.70–0.80) was found between these characteristics and the wood area detected (impacted) by the laser beam. The designed software can be valuable in horticulture for estimating biomass and optimising the pesticide treatments that are performed in winter.ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.10.010
dc.identifier.idgrec017497
dc.identifier.issn1537-5110
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/58069
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherElsevierca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofVersió postprint del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.10.010ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofBiosystems Engineering, 2012, vol. 111, núm. 1, p. 72–82ca_ES
dc.rights(c) Elsevier, 2012ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca_ES
dc.subjectLIDARca_ES
dc.subjectLindenmayer systemca_ES
dc.subjectSimulationca_ES
dc.subjectOrchardsca_ES
dc.titleSIMLIDAR – Simulation of LIDAR performance in artificially simulated orchardsca_ES
dc.typearticleca_ES
dc.type.versionacceptedVersionca_ES
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