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Table 4 ALS derived crown structure and AGB estimates where N is number of crowns, \(\overline{Z}\) is mean height, \(\overline{Ar}\) is mean projected crown area, \(\sum {Ar}\) is sum of projected crown area

From: Estimating urban above ground biomass with multi-scale LiDAR

Location

N

\({\overline{Z}}\) (m)

\({\sum _{Ar}}\) (m\(^{2}\))

\({\overline{Ar}}\) (m\(^{2}\))

AGB (Mg ha–1)

Local

Borough-wide

Local

 Russell Square

88 (1.44)

17.2 (0.83)

15137.9 (0.95)

172.0 (0.70)

189.9 ± 12.1 (0.94)

164.7 ± 9.0 (0.85)

 Malet Street

25 (0.96)

20.1 (1.02)

3905.1 (0.80)

156.2 (0.93)

96.6 ± 6.7 (0.81)

139.1 ± 8.1 (0.77)

 St Pancras

70 (0.72)

22.6 (0.92)

18233.9 (0.92)

260.5 (1.21)

214.6 ± 13.3 (0.88)

204.3 ± 8.1 (0.79)

 Highgate

84 (0.76)

15.8 (0.99)

3477.2 (0.60)

41.4 (1.13)

158.1 ± 45.7 (0.57)

238.5 ± 47.8 (0.49)

Borough-wide

 Russell Square

98 (1.61)

18.2 (0.88)

14495.7 (0.91)

147.9 (0.60)

181.9 ± 10.9 (0.90)

164.1 ± 9.7 (0.85)

 Malet Street

28 (1.08)

20.3 (1.03)

3846.2 (0.79)

137.4 (0.82)

95.1 ± 7.7 (0.76)

140.0 ± 9.4 (0.78)

 St Pancras

98 (1.01)

20.7 (0.84)

17721.4 (0.89)

180.8 (0.84)

208.5 ± 16.3 (0.85)

202.5 ± 10.5 (0.78)

 Highgate

40 (0.36)

15.6 (0.98)

3809.2 (0.66)

95.2 (2.59)

164.9 ± 15.9 (0.60)

219.1 ± 18.8 (0.45)

  1. Values in parentheses indicate the fraction compared to TLS estimated values where > 1 suggests an ALS overestimate and vice versa
  2. Different parameters sets (derived locally or Borough-wide) were used when segmenting crowns (see Eqs. 1, 2 and Fig. 3)