Chapter 1 List of acronyms
AGB β Aboveground biomass
AGS β Acceptable growing stock
ALS β Aerial laser scanning
BA β Basal area
BAF β Basal area factor
CHM β Canopy height model
CMS β Compartment Management Study
CO\(_2\) β Carbon dioxide
CRAN β Comprehensive R Archive Network
CV β Coefficient of variation
DBH β Diameter at breast height
EAB β Emerald ash borer
EDA β Exploratory data analysis
FACE β Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment
FEF β Fernow Experimental Forest
FPC β Finite population correction
G-LiHT β Goddardβs LiDAR, Hyperspectral and Thermal Imager
GIS β Geographic Information Systems
GPS β Global Positioning System
GSV β Growing stock volume
HDM β Horizontal distance multiplier
HWA β Hemlock woolly adelgid
IDE β Integrated development environment
IFDAR β Introduction to Forestry Data Analysis with R
LiDAR β Light Detection and Ranging
LPM β Local pivotal method
MID β Management Intensity Demonstration
MRV β Monitoring, reporting, and verification
MU β Management unit
NFI β National Forest Inventory
O\(_3\) β Ozone
PEF β Penobscot Experimental Forest
PLS β Personal laser scanning
PSP β Permanent sample plot
PSU β Primary sampling unit
REDD β Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
SSU β Secondary sampling unit
TF β Tree factor
UNFCCC β United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USFS β United States Forest Service
XML β Extensible Markup Language