Effect of thinning cutting on boreal forest reflectance: a comparison of simulations and Landsat TM estimates

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Abstract
A forest reflectance model was used to simulate the reflectance changes due to thinning in some stands of boreal forest in Sweden. The simulated reflectance changes were compared with empirical reflectance changes, measured by multi-temporal analysis of Landsat TM data. The stand data from a field survey served as the main inputs for the reflectance model. The mean absolute difference between stimulated and measured reflectance change was about one third of the average measured change.

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