ehbrechtetal/Stand-structural-complexity-index---SSCI: R-code to compute the stand structural complexity index (SSCI) by Ehbrecht et al. (2017)

The R-code computes the stand structural complexity index (SSCI) for terrestrial LiDAR based point clouds. Details on index construction and functionality are introduced in Ehbrecht, M., Schall, P., Ammer, C., & Seidel, D. (2017). Quantifying stand structural complexity and its relationship with forest management, tree species diversity and microclimate. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 242, 1-9.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.04.012.

SSCI is designed for point clouds based on single terrestrial laser scans. Efforts to make it functional for multiple-scan based point clouds and point clouds based mobile hand-held scanners are underway.

Contact: martin.ehbrecht@forst.uni-goettingen.de