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Summary of Tree Species Classification Using Machine Learning and 3d Tomographic Sar — a Case Study in Northern Europe, by Colverd Grace et al.


Tree Species Classification using Machine Learning and 3D Tomographic SAR – a case study in Northern Europe

by Colverd Grace, Schade Laura, Takami Jumpei, Bot Karol, Gallego Joseph

First submitted to arxiv on: 19 Nov 2024

Categories

  • Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
  • Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)

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Medium GrooveSquid.com (original content) Medium Difficulty Summary
In this study, researchers employed a 3D tomographic dataset called TomoSense, which utilizes Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data to classify eight distinct tree species. The team evaluated multiple tabular machine-learning models using height information derived from the tomographic image intensities and compared their performance across different polarimetric configurations and geosplit configurations. They also incorporated a proxy for actual tree height using point cloud data from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to provide height statistics associated with the model’s predictions.
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Tree species classification is important for nature conservation, forest inventories, and protecting endangered species. Researchers used Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology to create a 3D image of the terrain, which helped them classify different tree species using machine learning models. They tested different models and found that some worked better than others depending on the way they used the height information from the SAR data.

Keywords

* Artificial intelligence  * Classification  * Machine learning