Models to support forest inventory and small area estimation using sparsely sampled LiDAR: A case study involving G-LiHT LiDAR in Tanana, Alaska

Andrew O. Finley, Hans-Erik Andersen, Chad Babcock +3

A two-stage hierarchical Bayesian model is developed and implemented to estimate forest biomass density and total given sparsely sampled LiDAR and georeferenced forest inventory pl…