Improving forest field inventories by using remote sensing data in novel sampling designs

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1015-1022

  Grafström, Anton ^a   Ringvall, Anna Hedström ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; AUXILIARY INFORMATION; AUXILIARY VARIABLES; FIELD INVENTORIES; NOVEL DESIGN; PLANNING STAGES; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTE-SENSING; SAMPLING DESIGN; SAMPLING THEORY;

REMOTE SENSING;

AIRBORNE SENSOR; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SIMULATION;

FORESTRY; INVENTORIES; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING;

EID: 84887184344     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0123     Document Type: Article

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