Predicting stand age in managed forests using National Forest Inventory field data and airborne laser scanning

Matti Maltamo; Hermanni Kinnunen; Annika Kangas; Lauri Korhonen

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Predicting stand age in managed forests using National Forest Inventory field data and airborne laser scanning

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Background: The aim of this study was to construct a nationwide stand age model by using National Forest Inventory(NFI) data and nationwide airborne laser scanning(ALS) data. In plantation forestry, age is usually known.While this is not the case in boreal managed forests, age is still seldom predicted in forest management inventories.Measuring age accurately in situ is also very laborious. On the other hand, tree age is one of the accurately measured sample tree attributes in NFI field data. Many countries also have a nationwide coverage of airborne laser scanning(ALS) data. In this study, we merged these data sources and constructed a nationwide, area-based model for stand age.Results: While constructing the model, we omitted old forests from the data, since the correlation between ALS height metrics and stand age diminished at stands with age > 100 years. Additionally, the effect of growth conditions was considerable, so we also utilized different geographical and NFI variables such as site fertility and soil type in the modeling. The resultant nationwide model for the stand age of managed forests yielded a root mean square error(RMSE) of about 14 years. The model could be improved further by additional forest structure variables, but such information may not be available in practice.Conclusions: The results showed that the prediction of stand age by ALS, geographical and NFI information was challenging, but stil possible with moderate success. This study is an example of the joint use of NFI and nationwide ALS data and re-use of NFI data in research.

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《中国林学（英文版）》 |2020年第3期|579-589|共11页
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Matti Maltamo; Hermanni Kinnunen; Annika Kangas; Lauri Korhonen;
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University of Eastern Finland School of Forest Sciences P.O. Box 111 80101 Joensuu Finland;

University of Eastern Finland School of Forest Sciences P.O. Box 111 80101 Joensuu Finland;

Natural Resources Institute Finland Bioeconomy and Environment P.O. Box 68 80100 Joensuu Finland;

University of Eastern Finland School of Forest Sciences P.O. Box 111 80101 Joensuu Finland;

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