This tutorial presents R code for the calibration and validation of prediction models with the so-called area-based method, which aims at calibrating relationships between metrics computed from airborne laser scanning (ALS) point clouds and forest stand parameters measured on field plots.

The following files are provided:

• Rmarkdown source,
• ABA model calibration tutorial in html,
• ABA model calibration tutorial in pdf,
• datasets required to run the source code are also available on the repository.

Change log

• Mar 2021: first version