Effects of field plot size on prediction accuracy of aboveground biomass in airborne laser scanning-assisted inventories in tropical rain forests of Tanzania

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mauya, Ernest William ^a   Hansen, Endre Hofstad ^a   Gobakken, Terje ^a   Bollandsås, Ole Martin ^a   Malimbwi, Rogers Ernest ^b   Næsset, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Airborne laser scanning; Model assisted estimation; Plot size

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; LASER METHOD; MODEL TEST; PREDICTION; RAINFOREST; SIZE EFFECT; TROPICAL REGION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84928886552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13021-015-0021-x     Document Type: Article

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