Small area estimation of forest attributes in the Norwegian National Forest Inventory

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1255-1267

  Breidenbach, Johannes ^a   Astrup, Rasmus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Empirical best linear unbiased prediction (EBLUP); Forest biomass; Forest inventory; Photogrammetric canopy height model; Unit level small area estimation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PREDICTION;

NORWAY;

EID: 84860919960     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-012-0596-7     Document Type: Article

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