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Table 2 Estimated AGB-LiDAR model parameters

From: Mapping aboveground biomass and its prediction uncertainty using LiDAR and field data, accounting for tree-level allometric and LiDAR model errors

Model

Model form

Model parameter estimates

AGB-LiDAR (G)

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}y_{i} = (\alpha _{0} + \alpha _{1} h_{p80_{i}} + \alpha _{2} vr_{i})^{2} + \upsilon _{i}\)

\(\widehat {\alpha }_{0}\)

\(\widehat {\alpha }_{1}\)

\(\widehat {\alpha }_{2}\)

  

2.53

0.27

1.27 ×10−3

V(υi)

\(\phantom {\dot {i}\!}\sigma ^{2}(\delta _{0} + \widehat {y}_{G_{i}}^{\delta _{1}})^{2}\)

\(\widehat {\sigma }^{2}\)

\(\widehat {\delta }_{0}\)

\(\widehat {\delta }_{1}\)

  

0.78

1.50

0.74