The Finnish multisource national forest inventory: small-area estimation and map production

Erkki Tomppo

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The Finnish multisource national forest inventory: small-area estimation and map production

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Erkki Tomppo

Year:

2009

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2006 October 16-19; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 341-349.

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Abstract

A driving force motivating development of the multisource national forest inventory (MS-NFI) in connection with the Finnish national forest inventory (NFI) was the desire to obtain forest resource information for smaller areas than is possible using field data only without significantly increasing the cost of the inventory. A basic requirement for the method was that it provide applicable information for forestry decision making; e.g., volume estimates - possibly by subclasses such as tree species - timber assortments, and stand-age classes.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium

Citation

Tomppo, Erkki. 2009. The Finnish multisource national forest inventory: small-area estimation and map production. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the eighth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2006 October 16-19; Monterey, CA. Gen. Tech. Report WO-79. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 341-349.