Of all the forestry tools you will use the clinometer requires the most practice and skill.
Clinometer tree height measurement tool.
I needed to measure the height of a nearby tree that was too tall to climb.
You can now scan through the dense brush until the laser captures a measurement from the reflective target.
Use measure the horizontal distance from the base of a vertical tree or the position directly beneath the tree tip of a leaning tree to a location where the required point on the tree e g.
Measuring tree height using a clinometer tree height is measured using the principle of triangulation with a clinometer.
After the horizontal distance is acquired the angles can be measured and a tree height can be calculated.
Assuming that the tree grows at a right angle to the ground even on a slope we use the clinometer at 1 chain 66 feet or 19 8.
However don t despair as it is quite possible to achieve good results with a smartphone.
This gives you the tree s.
With the advantage that you nearly always have one with you.
3 look through the clinometer with one eye and at the tree with the other eye this takes a bit of getting used to.
Line up the crosshair in the clinometer with the top of the tree.
View of data collector using clinometer to measure tree height.
These can be quite expensive to buy so you re not likely to invest in one unless you need to measure trees frequently.
2 measure the distance to the tree and the height that the clinometer will be from the ground.
Total height is 35 5 ft.
Example of height measurement with the tree base below eye level.
Simple clinometer for measuring tree height.
The clinometers can be purchased from many us suppliers and are easy to use.
Tree tip can be seen.
The story goes like this.
A clinometer is basic forest inventory tool for determining merchantable and total tree heights.
Top of tree crown.
Foresters use a clinometer to calculate the tree height.
My wife had a sudden fear that if a particular old coniferous tree on a neighbor s property was to blow down in a wind storm it would crush our h.
Place a reflector at a location on or near the tree that is directly under the top.
This example is a silver maple acer saccharinum a dendritic tree form in middle age.
When used correctly the suunto clinometer has an accuracy of about 0 5 m for a 20 m tall tree ie about 2 5.
4 read the number on the percent scale.