Remote sensing has developed into an omnipresent technology in the scientific field of
forestry and is also increasingly used in an operational fashion. However, the pace and level …

The Nordic countries have long traditions in forest inventory and remote sensing (RS). In
sample-based national forest inventories (NFIs), utilization of aerial photographs started …

In recent years, copula models are being used in all areas of human endeavors including
energy, environment, social, natural and physical sciences. Copulas are the most powerful …

Recent advancements in laser scanning technology have demonstrated great potential for
the precise characterization of forests. However, a major challenge in utilizing metrics …

National forest inventories (NFI) provide estimates of forest resources at the national and
regional level but are also increasingly used as basis for mapping forest resources based on …

Remote sensing aims to provide precise information on forest ecosystems under climate and
land use changes, much of which is in the form of parameters estimated for biotic and abiotic …

National forest inventories in many countries combine expensive ground plot data with
remotely-sensed information to improve precision in estimators of forest parameters. A …

The model-assisted difference and regression estimators are increasingly used with forest
inventory and remotely sensed data to increase the precision of estimates of inventory …

While remote sensing can be an effective tool in building a forest inventory, field
measurements and model fitting can be both expensive and challenging. One strategy to …

Small area estimation is a growing area of research for making inferences over geographic,
demographic, or temporal domains smaller than those in which a particular survey data set …