Airborne laser scanning as a method in operational forest inventory: Status of accuracy assessments accomplished in Scandinavia

Stockholm

Scandinavian University Press

2007

S. 433-442

BandaufführungSonderdruck

176032

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 2007, S. 433-442

This research reports the major evaluation results from an operational stand-based forest inventory using airborne laser scanner data carried out in Norway. This is the first operational inventory in which data from separate districts are combined. Laser data from two forest areas of 65 and 110 km² were used to predict six biophysical stand variables used in forest planning. The predictions were based on regression equations estimated from 250m² field training plots distributed systematically throughout the two forest areas. Test plots with a size of 0.1 ha were used for validation.