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However, most studies conducted on changes in the height growth of trees are on an annual scale. This makes it difficult to obtain basic data for correcting time differences in the height growth estimates of trees within a year. In this study, the digital elevation models (DEMs) were produced based on stereo images and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data obtained by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Individual tree crowns were segmented by employing the watershed segmentation algorithm and the maximum value within each crown was extracted as the height of each tree. Subsequently, the height growth of each tree on a monthly-scale time series was extracted to simulate the time difference correction of regional tree height estimates within a year. This was used to verify the feasibility of the time difference correction method on a monthly scale. It is evident from the results that the DEM based on UAV stereo images was closely related to the DEM based on UAV LiDAR, with correlation coefficients of R2 = 0.96 and RMSE = 0.28 m. There was a close correlation between the tree height extracted from canopy height models (CHMs) based on UAV images and the measured tree height, with correlation coefficients of R2 = 0.99, and RMSE = 0.36 m. Regardless of the tree species, the total height growth in each month throughout the year was 46.53 cm. The most significant changes in the height growth of trees occurred in May (14.26 cm) and June (14.67 cm). In the case of the Liriodendron chinense tree species, the annual height growth was the highest (58.64 cm) while that of the Osmanthus fragrans tree species was the lowest (34.00 cm). By analyzing the height growth estimates of trees each month, it was concluded that there were significant differences among various tree species. In the case of the Liriodendron chinense tree species, the growth season occurred primarily from April to July. During this season, 56.92 cm of growth was recorded, which accounted for 97.08% of the annual growth. In the case of the Ficus concinna tree species, the tree height was in a state of growth during each month of the year. The changes in the height growth estimates of the tree were higher from May to August (44.24 cm of growth, accounting for 77.09% of the annual growth). After applying the time difference correction to the regional tree growth estimates, the extraction results of the changes in the height growth estimates of the tree (based on a monthly scale) were correlated with the height of the UAV image-derived tree. The correlation coefficients of R2 = 0.99 and RMSE = 0.26 m were obtained. The results demonstrate that changes in the height growth estimates on a monthly scale can be accurately determined by employing UAV stereo images. Furthermore, the results can provide basic data for the correction of the time differences in the growth of regional trees and further provide technical and methodological guidance for regional time difference correction of other forest structure parameters.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15020326","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,5]],"date-time":"2023-01-05T05:29:48Z","timestamp":1672896588000},"page":"326","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Monitoring of Monthly Height Growth of Individual Trees in a Subtropical Mixed Plantation Using UAV Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0696-7613","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xu","family":"Tang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geomatics and Geoinformation, Guilin University of Technology, No. 12 Jian\u2019gan Road, Guilin 541006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Haotian","family":"You","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geomatics and Geoinformation, Guilin University of Technology, No. 12 Jian\u2019gan Road, Guilin 541006, China"},{"name":"Guangxi Key Laboratory of Spatial Information and Geomatics, Guilin University of Technology, No. 12 Jian\u2019gan Road, Guilin 541004, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yao","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geomatics and Geoinformation, Guilin University of Technology, No. 12 Jian\u2019gan Road, Guilin 541006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qixu","family":"You","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geomatics and Geoinformation, Guilin University of Technology, No. 12 Jian\u2019gan Road, Guilin 541006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jianjun","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geomatics and Geoinformation, Guilin University of Technology, No. 12 Jian\u2019gan Road, Guilin 541006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1339","DOI":"10.14358\/PERS.72.12.1339","article-title":"Change detection techniques for canopy height growth measurements using airborne laser scanner data","volume":"72","author":"Yu","year":"2006","journal-title":"Photogramm. 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