Effects of sample size and model form on the accuracy of model-based estimators of growing stock volume

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1524-1534

  Saarela, Svetlana ^a   Schnell, Sebastian ^b   Grafström, Anton ^b   Tuominen, Sakari ^c   Nordkvist, Karin ^b   Hyyppä, Juha ^d   Kangas, Annika ^c   Ståhl, Göran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d FINNISH GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne LiDAR; Heteroscedasticity; Landsat; Model based estimator; Sampling simulation

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE LIDAR; HETEROSCEDASTICITY; LANDSAT; MODEL-BASED ESTIMATOR; SAMPLING SIMULATION;

SAMPLING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSAT; LIDAR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84946406961     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2015-0077     Document Type: Article

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