Canopy cover is the area of ground covered by a vertical projection of the canopy. Generally\u00a0it is estimated at specific grid cell and with in a grid cell the canopy cover is estimated as the ratio of\u00a0number of first return above a certain threshold (T) (termed as canopy hits) and the total\u00a0number of first return points (total hits).<\/p>\n

Canopy cover (%) = Canopy hits \/ total hits<\/p>\n

In the figure below red points represent the canopy hits whereas the blue points are non-canopy hit points.<\/p>\n

Two variables determine the output canopy cover map: height threshold (T) and grid size. To produce meaningful canopy cover estimates, the grid size should be larger than individual tree crowns. With small grid sizes (less than 5 meters), the distribution of cover values of a large area tends to be heavy on values near 0 and 100 because each grid serves to test for the presence or absence of a tree instead of providing a reasonable sample area for assessing vegetation cover.<\/p>\n

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Estimate the canopy cover in the above figure.<\/p>\n

% Canopy Cover = Canopy hits \/ Total hits = 13 \/ 20 = 65 %<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Incorrect<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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