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Application of Synthetic Estimator for Estimating Forest Growing Stock Volumes at the Small-Area Level  

Yim, Jong-Su (Department of Forest Resources, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University)
Han, Won-Sung (Division of Forest Resource Information, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Jung, Il-Bin (Division of Forest Resource Information, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Sung-Ho (Division of Forest Resource Information, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Shin, Man-Yong (Department of Forest Resources, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.99, no.3, 2010 , pp. 285-291 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since 2006, the $5^{th}$ National Forest Inventory (NFI) has been implemented to provide forest resources statistics at the national level and at the county level as well. However, it needs a small-area estimator for estimating forest statistics at the county-level due to a small number of samples collected within a county. This study was conducted to evaluate the applicability of a geographical-based synthetic estimator for estimating forest growing stock volumes at the county level. The NFI-field plots surveyed were post-stratified into three forest cover types. In the synthetic estimator, field plots within a geographical-based super-county for each county were used to estimate stratum weights and stratum mean volumes. It was resulted that estimated stratum weights using the synthetic estimation were significantly differ from forest cover maps. The standard errors of estimated mean by the synthetic estimation that ranged from ${\pm}3.5\;m^3$/ha to ${\pm}7.7\;m^3$/ha were more smaller than those (${\pm}7.8\;m^3/ha{\sim}{\pm}24.7\;m^3/ha$) by the direct estimation. This means that the synthetic estimation is possible to provide more precise estimates of mean volumes.
Keywords
national forest inventory; forest growing stock; small-area estimation; synthetic estimator; super-county; post-stratification;
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