Uncertainty in photo-interpreted forest inventory variables and effects on estimates of error in Canada's national forest inventory

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 439-447

  Magnussen, Steen ^a   Russo, Glenda ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Error budget; Measurement error; National inventory; Precision; Sampling error; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ERROR BUDGETS; NATIONAL INVENTORY; PRECISION; SAMPLING ERRORS; SIMULATION;

ESTIMATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGE DETERMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST RESOURCE; PRECISION; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR CRAFT; CANADA; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECISION; SAMPLING; SIMULATION;

CANADA;

EID: 84865738702     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2012-080     Document Type: Article

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