Articles by Raito Paananen

A method for using satellite data in forest inventories and updating is described and tested. The stand characteristics estimated by the method showed high correlation with the same characteristics measured in the field. The correlation coefficients for volume, age and mean height were about 0.85. It seems that the method is applicable to practical forestry. Extensive work in programming, however, is required.

The PDF includes an abstract in Finnish.

• Poso, E-mail: sp@mm.unknown
• Paananen, E-mail: rp@mm.unknown
• Similä, E-mail: ms@mm.unknown

The paper presents a method based on two phase sampling and applicable to forest inventories. The first phase estimates are obtained from satellite imagery and, if required, from extra material such as maps. Second phase estimates are measured in the field. The method is flexible and also applicable to compartmentwise forest inventories. The experiments were based on six study areas with 439 relascope plots. The correlation coefficients between first and second stage estimates varied largely according to the study area.

The PDF includes a summary in Finnish.

• Poso, E-mail: sp@mm.unknown
• Häme, E-mail: th@mm.unknown
• Paananen, E-mail: rp@mm.unknown