Abstract
Methods and workflows for creating area-wide products using remote sensing methods have been developed for various reasons. For the sample-based estimates in the Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI ), area-wide data sets are used for the two-phase estimations, which have substantially lower estimation errors than one-phase inventories. Using area-wide data sets, it is possible to skip dense manual interpretation of the stereo-images and thus save resources. Further, many functions of the forest , such as biodiversity and protection against natural hazards, can be described and quantified better with area-wide spatial data than with field plot data.
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Ginzler, C. et al. (2019). Area-Wide Products. In: Fischer, C., Traub, B. (eds) Swiss National Forest Inventory – Methods and Models of the Fourth Assessment. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 35. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19293-8_7
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