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Forest measurement (5 cr)

Code: ME00DS73-3001

General information


Enrollment

16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020

Timing

01.01.2020 - 31.07.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

15 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Forestry

Teachers

  • Kalle Karosto

Teacher in charge

Kalle Karosto

Groups

  • MEMI20KM
    Forestry, part-time studies

Objective

You are able to use the main measurement instruments, map materials and calculation models in growing stock measurement and land surveying. You can locate yourself and target objects in terrain. You are able to define basic variables for single trees or forest stands. You know the use of measured and calculated variables in forestry.

Content

What different variables are measured and calculated from trees and forest stands?
What positioning methods are used?
What instruments and calculation methods are used for measurements?
What kind of sample plots are used in forestry?
What is the accuracy of results?
What factors affect accuracy?

Evaluation scale

1-5