Primary challenges with a forest inventory program are surveyors with various levels of experience and the turnover of inexperienced surveyors.Few studies have looked at the consistency of an instrument’s results amo...Primary challenges with a forest inventory program are surveyors with various levels of experience and the turnover of inexperienced surveyors.Few studies have looked at the consistency of an instrument’s results among inexperienced surveyors.Most studies have assessed whether instruments were significantly different.These tests do not indicate whether instruments were statistically equivalent,i.e.,that choosing either one would be acceptable under a certain level of tolerance.This study evaluated the consistency and statistical equivalence among instruments for measuring diameter at breast height(DBH)and for total tree height(HT)among inexperienced surveyors.The study was conducted as a randomized experiment with students from an introductory tree measurement course,using four types of DBH and HT instruments,and with different tree attributes.For DBH,the results show that D-tape was the most consistent across tree attributes and teams of inexperienced surveyors and was only statistically interchangeable with Caliper with a tolerance≥3 cm.For HT,Ultrasound was the most consistent but only statistically interchangeable with Laser with a tolerance≥8 m.A single type of instrument for measuring DBH and for HT is recommended,especially when field crews may be a mixture of experienced and inexperienced surveyors.Our study provides initial recommendations on the choice of instruments when either purchasing new ones or replacing old ones in forest inventories.展开更多
针对传统测量胸径、树高和林分空间结构参数的非智能化、非集成化、效率低等不足,以摄影测量学、测树学、图像处理技术和传感器技术原理为理论基础,设计了激光摄影测树仪。该仪器由CCD镜头、激光器、光源笔、PDA和云台组成,测量时获取...针对传统测量胸径、树高和林分空间结构参数的非智能化、非集成化、效率低等不足,以摄影测量学、测树学、图像处理技术和传感器技术原理为理论基础,设计了激光摄影测树仪。该仪器由CCD镜头、激光器、光源笔、PDA和云台组成,测量时获取方位角、倾角及图像等参数,通过在Android Studio 2.2开发平台下利用Java语言进行编译的3个模块化程序,实现胸径、树高和林分结构参数测量功能。对21株立木进行胸径、树高测量,对1块样地内15株中心树进行林分空间结构参数测量试验,并与传统测量方法进行对比,结果表明:胸径测量相对误差绝对值的平均值为2.55%,树高测量相对误差绝对值的平均值为2.82%,角尺度与大小比数测量相对误差绝对值的平均值分别为2.50%和2.86%,混交度测量与传统测量法测量结果相同,能够满足林业调查的精度要求。展开更多
文摘Primary challenges with a forest inventory program are surveyors with various levels of experience and the turnover of inexperienced surveyors.Few studies have looked at the consistency of an instrument’s results among inexperienced surveyors.Most studies have assessed whether instruments were significantly different.These tests do not indicate whether instruments were statistically equivalent,i.e.,that choosing either one would be acceptable under a certain level of tolerance.This study evaluated the consistency and statistical equivalence among instruments for measuring diameter at breast height(DBH)and for total tree height(HT)among inexperienced surveyors.The study was conducted as a randomized experiment with students from an introductory tree measurement course,using four types of DBH and HT instruments,and with different tree attributes.For DBH,the results show that D-tape was the most consistent across tree attributes and teams of inexperienced surveyors and was only statistically interchangeable with Caliper with a tolerance≥3 cm.For HT,Ultrasound was the most consistent but only statistically interchangeable with Laser with a tolerance≥8 m.A single type of instrument for measuring DBH and for HT is recommended,especially when field crews may be a mixture of experienced and inexperienced surveyors.Our study provides initial recommendations on the choice of instruments when either purchasing new ones or replacing old ones in forest inventories.
文摘针对传统测量胸径、树高和林分空间结构参数的非智能化、非集成化、效率低等不足,以摄影测量学、测树学、图像处理技术和传感器技术原理为理论基础,设计了激光摄影测树仪。该仪器由CCD镜头、激光器、光源笔、PDA和云台组成,测量时获取方位角、倾角及图像等参数,通过在Android Studio 2.2开发平台下利用Java语言进行编译的3个模块化程序,实现胸径、树高和林分结构参数测量功能。对21株立木进行胸径、树高测量,对1块样地内15株中心树进行林分空间结构参数测量试验,并与传统测量方法进行对比,结果表明:胸径测量相对误差绝对值的平均值为2.55%,树高测量相对误差绝对值的平均值为2.82%,角尺度与大小比数测量相对误差绝对值的平均值分别为2.50%和2.86%,混交度测量与传统测量法测量结果相同,能够满足林业调查的精度要求。
