Forest measurement (5 cr)

Code: ME00DS73-3008

General information

Enrollment: 07.08.2023 - 11.08.2023
Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.08.2023 - 31.07.2024
Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: Department of Forestry and Environmental Technology

Campus: Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 30 - 50

Degree programmes: Degree Programme in Forestry

Teachers: Hannu Numminen; Pertti Kilpeläinen

Groups: MEMI23SPB
Forestry, full-time studies; MEMI23SPA
Forestry, full-time studies

Course: ME00DS73

Realization has 3 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 20 h 0 min.

Time	Topic	Location
Wed 10.04.2024 time 08:00 - 12:00 (4 h 0 min)	Metsänmittaus ME00DS73-3008; Opetustila C103, metsikkökoealan laskentaa ja raportointia. Aamupäivä luokassa ryhmänä, iltapäivä itsenäistä työskentelyä.	C103 Tietokoneluokka (metsä ja ymp. ohjelmat syksy -25-)
Wed 17.04.2024 time 08:00 - 16:00 (8 h 0 min)	Metsänmittaus ME00DS73-3008	MAASTOTENTTI
Wed 17.04.2024 time 08:00 - 16:00 (8 h 0 min)	Metsänmittaus ME00DS73-3008	MAASTOTENTTI

Changes to reservations may be possible.

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?

Course material

Metsävaratiedon hankinta ja hyödyntäminen -kirja
Tapion taskukirja (uusin painos)
Muu "löörnissä osoitettu materiaali.

Timing of exams and assignments

Osoitetaan "löörni" -opiskeluympäristössä opintojakson alussa.

Student workload

5op x 27 h/op = 135 op, josta kontaktitunteja n. 70 h

Course part description

Syksyn (2op) ja kevään (3op) osiot toteutetaan ja arvioidaan omina osinaan.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Kokonaisarvosana muodostetaan syksyn (40%) ja kevään (60%) arvosanojen (1-5) painotettuna keskiarvona (0.4*ASsyksy+0.6*ASkevät) ja pyöristetään lähimpään kokonaislukuun.