Complex sample survey estimation in static state-space

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 239, 2010, Pages 1-128

  Czaplewski, Raymond L ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

EBLUP; FIA; Pythagorean regression; Recursive; Remote sensing; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR;

EID: 77957675319     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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