A field test of cut-off importance sampling for bole volume

Jeffrey Gove; Harry Valentine; Michael J. Holmes

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A field test of cut-off importance sampling for bole volume

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jeffrey Gove, Harry Valentine, Michael J. Holmes

Year:

2000

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 372-376.

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Abstract

Cut-off importance sampling has recently been introduced as a technique for estimating bole volume to some point below the tree tip, termed the cut-off point. A field test of this technique was conducted on a small population of eastern white pine trees using dendrometry as the standard for volume estimation. Results showed that the differences in volume estimates between the techniques were generally within acceptable limits.

Parent Publication

Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century

Citation

Gove, Jeffrey H.; Valentine, Harry T.; Holmes, Michael J. 2000. A field test of cut-off importance sampling for bole volume. In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 372-376.