| Volume Equations for the Northern Research Station's Forest Inventory and Analysis Program as of 2010 Contributor(s): United States Department of Agriculture (Author) |
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ISBN: 1505825172 ISBN-13: 9781505825176 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2015 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Nature |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.34 lbs) 56 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The U.S. Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program collects sample plot data on all forest ownerships across the United States. Its primary objective is to determine the extent, condition, volume, growth, and depletion of timber on the Nation's forest land. The standard for distributing FIA data is the Forest Inventory and Analysis Database (FIADB). FIADB data for individual States can be downloaded from the FIA DataMart at http: //fi a.fs.fed.us/toolsdata/ default.asp as Microsoft Access databases which can be used to generate estimates of forest area, number of trees, volume, biomass, growth, removals, and mortality. The methodology used to estimate live-tree gross, net, and sound volume for the 24 states inventoried by the Northern Research Station's (NRS) FIA unit is documented. Sound volume is of particular interest because it is used in live-tree biomass and carbon estimates. The NRS currently uses four volume equations for each of four geographic regions |