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Strategies for sampling and estimation of aboveground tree biomass

Creator:: Poudel, Krishna Prasad
Abstract:: The issue of global climate change and an increasing interest in the reduction of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions by using forest biomass for energy production has increased the importance of quantifying forest biomass in recent years. The official U.S. forest carbon reporting is based on the forest biomass estimates...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: dioxide emissions by using forest biomass for energy production has increased the importance of

Error propagation in estimating aboveground biomass using terrestrial LiDAR

Creator:: Shettles, Michael A.
Abstract:: Broad-scale estimates of above ground forest biomass (AGB) are typically produced by applying individual-tree equations to inventory data consisting of measurements from probabilistically or purposively selected trees. The associated uncertainty for these estimates depends primarily on three sources of error that interact and propagate: (1) measurement error, the quality of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: estimates of above ground forest biomass (AGB) are typically produced by applying individual-tree

Forest biomass estimation with hemispherical photography for multiple forest types and various atmospheric conditions

Creator:: Clark, Joshua Andrew
Abstract:: The importance of accurately identifying inventories of domestic energy, including forest biomass, has increasingly become a priority of the US government and its citizens as the cost of fossil fuels has risen. It is useful to identify which of these resources can be processed and transported at the lowest cost...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: presented on December 8, 2009 Title: Forest Biomass Estimation with Hemispherical Photography for

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) : what we can and cannot see in the forest for the trees

Creator:: Edson, Curtis B.
Abstract:: Recently concerns over anthropogenic carbon pollution have received increased global attention and research in forest biomass and carbon sequestration has gained momentum. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) remote sensing has in the last decade demonstrated forest measurement and biomass estimation potential. The project objective was to compare LiDAR forest biomass...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Ranging (LiDAR) remote sensing has in the last decade demonstrated forest measurement and biomass

Evaluation of six tools for estimating woody biomass moisture content

Creator:: Becerra Ochoa, Fernando Amador
Abstract:: Woody biomass transportation costs and market values/costs are strongly correlated with the woody biomass moisture content. Properly managing moisture content can potentially lead to economic and environmental advantages in biomass energy markets. Good management requires accurate moisture content measurements. Therefore, availability of accurate, precise, reliable, and efficient tools to assess...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . The cost of transporting woody biomass from the forest to woody biomass plants is “optimized” when

Inter-annual variability of net primary productivity across multiple spatial scales in the western Oregon Cascades : methods of estimation and examination of spatial coherence

Creator:: Woolley, Travis J.
Abstract:: Quantifying and modeling processes involved in the global carbon cycle is important to evaluate the temporal and spatial variability of these processes and understand the effect of this variability on future response to changing climate and land use patterns. Biomass accumulation and Net Primary Productivity (NPP) are large components of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Master of Science in Forest Science presented on December 5. 2005. Title: Inter-annual Variability

Spatially-explicit prediction of recoverable harvesting residues

Creator:: Schmidt, Christian F. W.
Abstract:: In order to decide whether or not to develop biomass energy facilities and where to best locate them, developers and investors need accurate assessments of fuel supply. This includes information about the distribution and concentration of fuel throughout the assessment area, the quality of fuel (form, moisture content, contaminant content,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: recoverable forest harvesting residues applied to a biomass assessment project in northwest Oregon and

Evaluating the accuracy of imputed forest biomass estimates at the project level

Creator:: Gagliasso, Donald
Abstract:: Various methods have been used to estimate the amount of above ground forest biomass across landscapes and to create biomass maps for specific stands or pixels across ownership or project areas. Without an accurate estimation method, land managers might end up with incorrect biomass estimate maps, which could lead them...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Evaluating the Accuracy of Imputed Forest Biomass Estimates at

Quantifying Aboveground Biomass for Common Shrubs in Northeastern California

Creator:: Huff, Steven
Abstract:: Quantifying biomass is important for sustainable forest management. The purpose of this study is to obtain allometric relationships for seven species of shrubs common in northeastern California so that estimates of carbon and fuel loading may be better realized. Although some shrub biomass equations exist, such equations are limited in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________________ Temesgen Hailemariam Quantifying biomass is important for sustainable forest management

Techno-Economic Optimization and Environmental Impact Analysis for a Mixed-Mode Upstream and Midstream Forest Biomass to Bio-Products Supply Chain

Creator:: Mirkouei, Amin
Abstract:: Growing awareness and concern within society over the use of and reliance on fossil fuels has stimulated research efforts in identifying, developing, and selecting alternative energy sources and energy technologies. Bioenergy represents a promising replacement for conventional energy, due to reduced environmental impacts and broad applicability. Sustainable energy challenges, however,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: production of bioenergy from forest biomass and to promote deployment of novel processing equipment such as

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Strategies for sampling and estimation of aboveground tree biomass

Error propagation in estimating aboveground biomass using terrestrial LiDAR

Forest biomass estimation with hemispherical photography for multiple forest types and various atmospheric conditions

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) : what we can and cannot see in the forest for the trees

Evaluation of six tools for estimating woody biomass moisture content

Inter-annual variability of net primary productivity across multiple spatial scales in the western Oregon Cascades : methods of estimation and examination of spatial coherence

Spatially-explicit prediction of recoverable harvesting residues

Evaluating the accuracy of imputed forest biomass estimates at the project level

Quantifying Aboveground Biomass for Common Shrubs in Northeastern California

Techno-Economic Optimization and Environmental Impact Analysis for a Mixed-Mode Upstream and Midstream Forest Biomass to Bio-Products Supply Chain

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