Remote sensing and forest inventories in Nordic countries–roadmap for the future

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 397-412

  Kangas, Annika ^a   Astrup, Rasmus ^b   Breidenbach, Johannes ^b   Fridman, Jonas ^c   Gobakken, Terje ^d   Korhonen, Kari T ^a   Maltamo, Matti ^e   Nilsson, Mats ^c   Nord Larsen, Thomas ^f   Næsset, Erik ^d   Olsson, Håkan ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; benefit; decision making; field plot; photogrammetric point cloud; sampling; satellite image

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SAMPLING; SCANNING; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; BENEFIT; FIELD PLOT; POINT CLOUD; SATELLITE IMAGES;

REMOTE SENSING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

EID: 85040976402     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2017.1416666     Document Type: Review

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