The area-based approach consists in relating plot-level field measurements with metrics derived from the point cloud and describing those plots in order to build models that will allow to map forest parameters on the whole survey area and estimate forest statistics. The method is based on four steps :
The area-based approach consists in relating plot-level field measurements with metrics derived from the point cloud and describing those plots in order to build models that will allow to map forest parameters on the whole survey area and estimate forest statistics. The method is based on four steps :
* Field and ALS data preparation
*[Field and ALS data preparation](ABA-data-preparation)
