User profiles for Erik Næsset

Erik Naesset

Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Verified email at nmbu.no
Cited by 26552

Predicting forest stand characteristics with airborne scanning laser using a practical two-stage procedure and field data

E Næsset - Remote sensing of environment, 2002 - Elsevier
The mean tree height, dominant height, mean diameter, stem number, basal area, and
timber volume of 144 georeferenced field sample plots were estimated from various canopy …

Estimating tree height and tree crown properties using airborne scanning laser in a boreal nature reserve

E Næsset, T Økland - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2002 - Elsevier
Tree height, the height from the ground surface to the tree crown, and the crown length as a
proportion of tree height of individual trees were derived from various canopy height metrics …

[HTML][HTML] Lidar sampling for large-area forest characterization: A review

MA Wulder, JC White, RF Nelson, E Næsset… - Remote sensing of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The ability to use digital remotely sensed data for forest inventory is often limited by the
nature of the measures, which, with the exception of multi-angular or stereo observations, are …

Forestry applications of airborne laser scanning

M Maltamo, E Næsset, J Vauhkonen - Concepts and case studies. Manag …, 2014 - Springer
Use of airborne laser scanning to provide data for research and operational applications in
management of forest ecosystems has experienced a tremendous growth since the mid-…

Estimation of above-and below-ground biomass across regions of the boreal forest zone using airborne laser

E Næsset, T Gobakken - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2008 - Elsevier
Regression models relating variables derived from airborne laser scanning (ALS) to above-ground
and below-ground biomass were estimated for 1395 sample plots in young and …

Practical large-scale forest stand inventory using a small-footprint airborne scanning laser

E Næsset - Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Mean tree height, dominant height, mean diameter, stem number, basal area and timber
volume of 116 georeferenced field sample plots were estimated from various canopy height and …

Airborne laser scanning as a method in operational forest inventory: Status of accuracy assessments accomplished in Scandinavia

E Næsset - Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This research reports the major evaluation results from an operational stand-based forest
inventory using airborne laser scanner data carried out in Norway. This is the first operational …

Effects of different sensors, flying altitudes, and pulse repetition frequencies on forest canopy metrics and biophysical stand properties derived from small-footprint …

E Næsset - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2009 - Elsevier
Canopy height distributions were created from small-footprint airborne laser scanner (ALS)
data collected over 40 field sample plots with size 1000 m 2 located in mature conifer forest. …

Laser scanning of forest resources: the Nordic experience

E Næsset, T Gobakken, J Holmgren… - … Journal of Forest …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews the research and application of airborne laser scanning for forest inventory
in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The first experiments with scanning lasers for forest …

Estimating tree heights and number of stems in young forest stands using airborne laser scanner data

E Næsset, KO Bjerknes - Remote sensing of Environment, 2001 - Elsevier
The mean heights of dominant trees and the stem numbers of 39 plots of 200 m 2 each were
derived from various canopy height metrics and canopy density measured by means of a …