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Book The Enhanced Forest Inventory and Analysis Program national Sampling Design and Estimation Procedures

Download or read book The Enhanced Forest Inventory and Analysis Program national Sampling Design and Estimation Procedures written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is in the process of moving from a system of quasi-independent, regional, periodic inventories to an enhanced program featuring greater national consistency, a complete and annual sample of each State, new reporting requirements, and integration with the ground sampling component of the Forest Health Monitoring Program. This documentation presents an overview of the conceptual design, describes the sampling frame and plot configuration, presents the estimators that form the basis of FIA's National Information Management System (NIMS), and shows how annual data are combined for analysis. It also references a number of Web-based supplementary documents that provide greater detail about some of the more obscure aspects of the sampling and estimation system, as well as examples of calculations for most of the common estimators produced by FIA.

Book Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis Volume Equation User s Guide

Download or read book Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis Volume Equation User s Guide written by Christopher M. Oswalt and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reliable volume estimation procedures are fundamental to the mission of the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. Moreover, public access to FIA program procedures is imperative. Here we present the volume estimation procedures used by the southern FIA program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Research Station. The guide presented includes a description of the relevant variables populated in the public FIA database, a description of the set of equations used to estimate tree volume in the south, the volume equations, definition of terms, species-specific (or species group) coefficients for each equation, and examples of estimating individual tree volume.

Book State of the art Methodology of Forest Inventory

Download or read book State of the art Methodology of Forest Inventory written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sampling and Estimation Documentation for the Enhanced Forest Inventory and Analysis Program 2022

Download or read book Sampling and Estimation Documentation for the Enhanced Forest Inventory and Analysis Program 2022 written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service, an Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides what is arguably the most valuable forest resource dataset in the United States. These data are the basis for numerous inquiries across a wide range of forest-related attributes at various spatial and temporal scales. While user-friendly analytical tools are publicly available to facilitate the use of the data without expert knowledge, there is a need for detailed documentation of the underlying sampling and estimation procedures. The audience for this information entails the entire spectrum of both internal and external FIA data consumers. This document clarifies some aspects of existing documentation, provides the sampling and estimation methods used for key program areas including Urban FIA, National Woodland Owner Survey, Timber Products Output, and Carbon, and provides an examination of burgeoning estimation topics relevant to the FIA program and its users. A broad overview is provided on several advanced estimation approaches of particular interest to the FIA community. While the exposition for each topic is necessarily coarse, links to more detailed research and informational material are provided for readers desiring to further study a specific area of interest.

Book The Potential of U S Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Download or read book The Potential of U S Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect written by John M. Kimble and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-09-25 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much attention has been given to above ground biomass and its potential as a carbon sink, but in a mature forest ecosystem 40 to 60 percent of the stored carbon is below ground. As increasing numbers of forests are managed in a wide diversity of climates and soils, the importance of forest soils as a potential carbon sink grows. The Potenti

Book Forest Monitoring

    Forest Monitoring

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  • Author : Borys Tkacz
  • Publisher : Elsevier Inc. Chapters
  • Release : 2013-03-16
  • ISBN : 0128055170
  • Pages : 34 pages

Download or read book Forest Monitoring written by Borys Tkacz and published by Elsevier Inc. Chapters. This book was released on 2013-03-16 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Different monitoring initiatives have been undertaken in Canada and the United States since the 1980s at national and regional scales. In the United States, starting in 1990, partners from federal and state agencies established the Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) program with the goal of monitoring and evaluating the status, conditions, and trends in indicators of forest health. The FHM program has evolved into a system where FHM plots are integrated with the national Forest Inventory and Analysis program. In Canada, early attempts can be traced back to the 1980s with the Acid Rain Early Warning System. After its ending, Canadian forest monitoring was mostly carried out within the redesigned National Forest Inventory, Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, and regional initiatives. One of them, implemented in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Alberta since 1997, is presented here.

Book Comprehensive Regional Resource Assessments and Multipurpose Uses of Forest Inventory and Analysis Data 1976 to 2001

Download or read book Comprehensive Regional Resource Assessments and Multipurpose Uses of Forest Inventory and Analysis Data 1976 to 2001 written by Victor A. Rudis and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: