Overview
- Includes fully updated details of the k-nn method and its applications
- Author (Erkki Tomppo) 1997 Marcus Wallenberg prize for the initial development of this method
- K-nn method in operative use in Finland, Sweden, US and Austria and rapidly becoming the ‘world standard’ in forest inventory and earth observation
Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems (MAFE, volume 18)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Building on more than a decade of innovative research into multi-source forest inventory (MS-NFI) this book presents full details of the development, outputs and applications of the improved k-NN method. The method, which was pioneered in Finland in 1990, is rapidly becoming a world standard in forest inventory, having been adopted as standard in Finland and Sweden, and recently introduced in Austria and across the US.
The book describes in detail the full MS-NFI process, and the input data used – including field data, satellite images, and digital map data, as well as coarse-scale variation of forest variables. It also presents comprehensive information on the types of outputs which can be derived, including maps and statistics, describing, for example, stock volumes and development, dominant tree species, age-class distribution, and large and small-scale variation.
The book will provide an invaluable resource for those involved in forest inventory, including government departments and bodies involved in forest policy, management and monitoring, forest managers, and researchers and graduate students interested in forest inventory, modelling and analysis. It will find an additional market among those interested in Earth observation, ecology and broader areas of environmental and natural resource management.
Erkki Tomppo was the winner of the 1997 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for his work on the k-NN method.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Multi-Source National Forest Inventory
Book Subtitle: Methods and Applications
Authors: Erkki Tomppo, Markus Haakana, Matti Katila, Jouni Peräsaari
Series Title: Managing Forest Ecosystems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8713-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8712-7Published: 24 September 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7964-0Published: 25 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8713-4Published: 25 September 2008
Series ISSN: 1568-1319
Series E-ISSN: 2352-3956
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 373
Topics: Environmental Management, Forestry, Forestry Management, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Math. Appl. in Environmental Science