A method of estimating the stand characteristics of a forest compartment using satellite imagery

Simo Poso, Tuomas Häme, Raito Paananen

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    Abstract

    The paper presents a method based on two phase sampling and applicable to forest inventories. The first phase estimates are obtained from satellite imagery and, if required, from extra material such as maps. Second phase estimates are measured in the field. The method is flexible and also applicable to compartmentwise forest inventories. The experiments were based on six study areas with 439 relascope plots. The correlation coefficients between first and second stage estimates varied largely according to the study area.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)261-296
    JournalSilva Fennica
    Volume18
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1984
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

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