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The Use of Aircraft in Forest Inventories in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

L. Sayn-Wittgenstein
L. Sayn-Wittgenstein*
Affiliation:
Research Officer, Forest Inventories Section, Forest Research Branch, Department of Forestry, Ottawa
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The task of completing an inventory of Canada's forests is an immense one and it is not surprising that aircraft have been used in Canadian forest inventories ever since they became available in reasonable numbers. As will be seen, the nature of the forest to be surveyed and the characteristics of the organisations engaged in forest inventories provide the strongest argument in favour of aircraft.

Canadian forest inventories, like all forest inventories, are concerned with estimating the area of forest land and the description of the timber on that area. More specifically, one usually seeks an estimate of timber volume by tree species and size classes and information on various characteristics of tree quality, such as extent of decay and tree form.

Type
All-day symposium on agricultural aviation
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 69 , Issue 660 , December 1965 , pp. 853 - 855
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1965

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