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Chapter 1 List of acronyms

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

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