Assessing forest inventory information obtained from different inventory approaches and remote sensing data sources

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-45

  Bergseng, Even ^a   Ørka, Hans Ole ^a   Næsset, Erik ^a   Gobakken, Terje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerial imagery; Airborne laser scanning; Forest management inventory; Hyperspectral; Multispectral; Value of information

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRECISION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84919948423     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-014-0389-x     Document Type: Article

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