Simulation-based assessment of sampling strategies for large-area biomass estimation using wall-to-wall and partial coverage airborne laser scanning surveys

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 176, Issue , 2016, Pages 328-340

  Ene, Liviu Theodor ^a   Næsset, Erik ^a   Gobakken, Terje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Forest inventory; Simulated sampling; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTIFICIAL POPULATION; AUXILIARY INFORMATION; COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS; FOREST INVENTORY; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; VARIANCE ESTIMATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; UNITED NATIONS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

NORWAY;

EID: 84958576575     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.01.025     Document Type: Article

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