Title :
Inventory by compartments using radar-derived stand profiles
Author :
Hyyppä, Juha ; Pulliainen, Jouni
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Space Technol., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
The accuracy of forest inventory by compartments using radar-derived stand profiles is investigated by applying multivariate statistical methods. The radar-derived stand profiles were produced by a helicopter-borne ranging scatterometer. The following stand characteristics are evaluated using radar data: mean height, stem volume per hectare, basal area per hectare, development class, land class, bog type and fertility class. The accuracy of the method is compared with accuracies of other existing remote sensing methods
Keywords :
airborne radar; forestry; geophysical techniques; radar applications; remote sensing by radar; accuracy; basal area per hectare; bog type a; development class; fertility class; forest forestry; geophysical measurement technique; helicopter-borne ranging scatterometer; inventory by compartment; land class; mean height; method; multivariate statistical method; radar remote sensing; side looking airborne radar; stand characteristics; stand profile; stem volume per hectare; vegetation mapping; Area measurement; Biomass; Laser radar; Masers; Proposals; Radar measurements; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Space technology; Statistical analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399051
