Current issue: 58(5)
Articles containing the keyword 'form factor'
Category : Article
In this literature review some error possibilities in the measurement of solid volume of logs and pulpwood are discussed. Although both underestimation and overestimation can occur for various reasons it seems likely that in the stereometric measurement method the real volume is underestimated, at least when Huber’s formula is applied, and the respective middle form factors are too low. Numerous results of empirical investigations are presented in the paper, too.
The PDF includes a summary in English.
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Kärkkäinen,
E-mail:
mk@mm.unknown
Category : Article
Sample trees of Betula sp. were felled in North Karelia in different forest site types. The stands, both mixed and pure stands, had been regenerated in areas where shifting cultivation had been practiced. Sample trees represented breast height diameters up to 43 cm. Diameter was measured in distances of 1/10 of the height of the tree to calculate the stem form. The form factor was higher for the good forest site types than the poor sites. The volume tables were calculated based on the assumption that diameter does not affect the form factor. Comparing the volume table to the original data, it was found that the table seems to form a successful fitting of the data. Control data proved that the method seems to give a good fitting to the used data. Thus, the volume table can be used to measure volume of birch stands in North Karelia.
The PDF includes a summary in German.
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Hildén,
E-mail:
nh@mm.unknown
Category : Research article
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Pérez,
Ambiente Tierra S.A., Apartado 733-2250, Tres Ríos, Cartago, Costa Rica
E-mail:
diegoperez@costarricense.cr
- Kanninen, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia E-mail: mk@nn.id
