Economic utility of 3D remote sensing data for estimation of site index in Nordic commercial forest inventories: a comparison of airborne laser scanning, digital aerial photogrammetry and conventional practices

Lennart Noordermeer,Terje Gobakken,Erik Næsset,Ole Martin Bollandsås

Economic utility of 3D remote sensing data for estimation of site index in Nordic commercial forest inventories: a comparison of airborne laser scanning, digital aerial photogrammetry and conventional practices

2021

Lennart Noordermeer
Terje Gobakken
Erik Næsset
Ole Martin Bollandsås

Forest productivity is a crucial variable in forest planning, usually expressed as site index (SI). In Nordic commercial forest inventories, SI is commonly estimated by a combination of aerial imag...

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forest planning
Site index
Environmental science
economic utility
Photogrammetry
Remote sensing
Laser scanning

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