The Finnish Multi-source National Forest Inventory - Small Area Estimationand Map Production

Abstract

A driving force motivating development of the multisource national forest inventory (MS-NFI) in connection with the Finnish national forest inventory (NFI) was the desire to obtain forest resource information for smaller areas than is possible using field data only without significantly increasing the cost of the inventory. A basic requirement for the method was that it provide applicable information for forestry decision making; e.g., volume estimates - possibly by subclasses such as tree species - timber assortments, and stand-age classes.