Arithmetic Mean Diameter

Arithmetic mean DBH in centimetres from summed diameters and measured tree count.

Description

Arithmetic mean DBH in centimetres from summed diameters and measured tree count.

Arithmetic Mean Diameter: Arithmetic mean DBH in centimetres from summed diameters and measured tree count.

When to use Arithmetic Mean Diameter

Use this forestry calculation to summarize a measured tree, plot, canopy, fuel, biomass, carbon, growth, density, or wood-volume quantity under a stated inventory convention.

Sum Dbh Centimeters (cm)
Required number input.
Tree Count
Required integer input.

How Arithmetic Mean Diameter works

Arithmetic mean DBH in centimetres from summed diameters and measured tree count. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.1

Mean Centimeters (cm)
The resulting mean centimeters returned as a number.

Limitations and assumptions

  • Inventory summaries depend on breast-height definition, inclusion threshold, plot design, bark treatment, slope correction, damaged stems, measurement error, and expansion weights. Arithmetic and basal-area-weighted means answer different questions.
  • Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Alternative or Complementary approaches

Use locally validated equations and inventory protocols, retain species and measurement metadata, aggregate with appropriate plot expansion and sampling weights, and report uncertainty with stand-level results.

References

  1. Forest inventory — Wikipedia contributors

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  • Height Diameter Ratio

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