Forest measurement (5 cr)
Code: ME00AE27-3004
General information
- Enrollment
- 12.08.2019 - 30.08.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2019 - 30.04.2020
- 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
- 20 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Forestry
- Teachers
- Pertti Kilpeläinen
- Teacher in charge
- Pertti Kilpeläinen
- Groups
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MEMI19SPAForestry, full-time studies
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MEMI19SPBForestry, full-time studies
- Course
- ME00AE27
Objective
You are able to usethe 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 how the measured and calculated variables are used in forestry.
Content
What different variablesare measured and calculated in 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 the results? What factors affect accuracy?
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Students can a)use professional vocabulary systematically. e) use the main models, methods, programs and techniques in forest measurement. f) work as team members in a goal-oriented way.