Introduction to forest inventories – Introduction to the topic including general definitions and an overview of the course objectives.
Forest mensuration – Description of approaches for measuring forests like relascopy and terrestrial laser scanning.
Remote sensing principles – introduction to active and passive remote sensing with relevant platforms and sensors.
Remote sensing forest applications – use of remote sensing for mapping forests with some examples of applications.
UAV-borne sensing forest applications – use of UAVs for forest inventories. Advantages and disadvantages compared to other approaches.
National forest inventories – an overview of how forest inventories are conducted in different countries.
Forests and carbon cycling – the role of forests in climate change.
- Instructor: Enrico Tomelleri