Jonathan Williams
jvw28@cam.ac.uk
Coomes / Forest Ecology and Conservation
Department of Plant Sciences and
Cambridge Image Analysis Group
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP)
My research focuses on developing and encouraging the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in aiding tropical rainforest restoration. I am looking at how we can map changes and biomass at the individual tree level. This can then be used to assess site conditions and help guide managers to decide how to best apply interventions to accelerate forest restoration. The hope is this can allow reduction in cost for upscaling restoration projects, but my particular focus is on a 100,000 ha restoration programme in Sumatra.
Publications:
Accurate Measurement of Tropical Forest Canopy Heights and Aboveground Carbon Using Structure From Motion
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11080928;
A Comparative Assessment of the Performance of Individual Tree Crowns Delineation Algorithms from ALS Data in Tropical Forests
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11091086;
Three-dimensional Segmentation of Trees Through a Flexible Multi-Class Graph Cut Algorithm (MCGC)
arXiv:1903.08481
Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation 