A tool for the efficient acquisition and validation of dendrometric data
K. El Guemhioui, P. Deschamps & T. Frascari
University of Quebec in Outaouais (UQO), Canada
ABSTRACT: While advanced technologies such as satellite imagery, airborne laser scanning, or terrestrial laser scanning can be used for forest inventory estimation, management, and planning; on-site manual sampling measurements are still required to calibrate and to validate the underlying assumptions and models used by these technologies to derive inventory-relevant parameters. In the province of Quebec, Canada, the typical forest management inventory provides stand level data and maps from an interpretation of aerial photography. Field sampling must be conducted to supplement ...
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