Service: Calculation of forest resources by remote sensing methods

Responsible organisation: KEMIT and the Environment Agency (Central-Government)

In the course of the annual Estonian Forest Statistical Inventory (SMI), field measurements have been made on 5,600 plots since 1999. The data provide statistical estimates of the forest resource, which is the basis for national reporting and forest policy-making. The aim of the project is to develop a methodology suitable for the Estonian SMI for the use of multispectral space images and laser scanning data from aircraft in order to obtain forest resource estimates in the form of maps. In the course of the project, solutions are sought to compile maps of estimates of stand species species composition, height and stem volume using accurate measurement data of trees growing on plots as model input. The results are useful both for monitoring forests and for planning economic decisions at the stand level.

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Source Open Innovation Regione Lombardia
Web site https://www.kratid.ee/kasutuslood
Start/end date 2020 -
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