Predicting and calibrating tree attributes by means of airborne laser scanning and field measurements

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1896-1907

  Maltamo, Matti ^a   Mehtätalo, Lauri ^a   Vauhkonen, Jari ^b   Packalén, Petteri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; BEST LINEAR UNBIASED PREDICTOR; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FOREST STAND; INDIVIDUAL TREE; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; RANDOM EFFECTS; SCOTS PINE; TREE HEIGHT;

FORECASTING; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; MEASUREMENTS;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; DECISION MAKING; DIAMETER; FIELDWORK; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LASER; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SCANNING;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84870166558     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x2012-134     Document Type: Article

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