FVS User Guides
These documents are available as user guides and background information for FVS, related models, and programs. The variant overviews provide specific information about each variant.
You can download the document directly from the links in the File column.
| Document | File Date | File | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential FVS: A User’s Guide to the Forest Vegetation Simulator | 04-19-2024 | EssentialFVS.pdf | 2.1M |
| Keyword Reference Guide for the Forest Vegetation Simulator | 04-19-2024 | keyword.pdf | 1.0M |
| The Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator: Updated Model Documentation | 02-02-2022 | FFEguide.pdf | 6.1M |
| Users Guide to the Database Extension of the Forest Vegetation Simulator Version 3.0 (FVS with SQLite) | 04-19-2024 | DBSUserGuide.pdf | 1.1M |
| Document | File Date | File | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| FVS Validation Protocols | 01-21-2010 | FVS_Model_Validation_Protocols.pdf | 97K |
| National Algorithms for Determining Stocking Class, Stand Size Class, and Forest Type for Forest Inventory and Analysis Plots | 11-15-2002 | Arner2001.pdf | 179K |
| Research Applications of the Forest Vegetation Simulator: Documentation and Citation | 09-01-2020 | DocumentingResearchApplicFVS.pdf | 345K |
| Climate-FVS Version 2: Users Guide | 07-06-2015 | ClimateFVS_UsersGuide.pdf | 1.6M |
| User Guide To The FVS Economic Extension (ECON), January 2008 | 07-22-2013 | EconUserGuide.pdf | 280K |
| Snag Dynamics in the PN, WC, BM, EC, and SO variants | 03-07-2013 | R6snags.pdf | 3.1M |
| FVS_DB_LINK Utility: User's Guide | 09-28-2012 | FVS_DB_LINK.pdf | 388K |
| Percent Canopy Cover and Stand Structure Statistics from the Forest Vegetation Simulator (RMRS-GTR-24) | 03-15-2001 | percancv.pdf | 239K |
| Variant | File Date | File | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 05-12-2023 | FVSak_Overview.pdf | 1.1M |
| Blue Mountains | 05-12-2023 | FVSbm_Overview.pdf | 1.6M |
| Inland California and Southern Cascades | 05-12-2023 | FVSca_Overview.pdf | 1.9M |
| Central Idaho | 10-22-2021 | FVSci_Overview.pdf | 1.6M |
| Central Rockies | 05-12-2023 | FVScr_Overview.pdf | 1.7M |
| Central States | 04-19-2024 | FVScs_Overview.pdf | 1.4M |
| East Cascades | 08-01-2023 | FVSec_Overview.pdf | 4.2M |
| Eastern Montana | 10-22-2021 | FVSem_Overview.pdf | 1.5M |
| Inland Empire | 10-22-2021 | FVSie_Overview.pdf | 1.8M |
| Klamath Mountains | 05-12-2023 | FVSnc_Overview.pdf | 1.5M |
| Kootenai, Kaniksu, and Tally Lake (KooKanTL) | 10-22-2021 | FVSkt_Overview.pdf | 1.6M |
| Lake States | 04-19-2024 | FVSls_Overview.pdf | 1.0M |
| Northeast | 04-19-2024 | FVSne_Overview.pdf | 1.3M |
| ORGANON Southwest | 05-12-2023 | FVSoc_Overview.pdf | 1.8M |
| ORGANON Pacific Northwest | 12-28-2022 | FVSop_Overview.pdf | 1.9M |
| Pacific Northwest Coast | 12-28-2022 | FVSpn_Overview.pdf | 1.9M |
| Southern | 04-19-2024 | FVSsn_Overview.pdf | 1.7M |
| South Central Oregon and Northeast California (SORNEC) | 05-12-2023 | FVSso_Overview.pdf | 2.2M |
| Tetons | 10-22-2021 | FVStt_Overview.pdf | 1.2M |
| Utah | 10-22-2021 | FVSut_Overview.pdf | 1.7M |
| Westside Cascades | 12-28-2022 | FVSwc_Overview.pdf | 2.1M |
| Western Sierra Nevada | 12-28-2022 | FVSws_Overview.pdf | 1.6M |
| Document | File Date | File | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Species Crosswalks Used in Eastern and Western FVS Variants - a Microsoft Excel Workbook including the species crosswalks used in eastern FVS variants (CS, LS, NE, and SN) and western FVS variants (AK, BM, CA, CI, CR, EC, ID, NC, KT, PN, SO, TT, UT, WC, WS). Each species (sorted by scientific name) is mapped to a corresponding species in a given variant. | 11-05-2021
11-05-2021 |
FVS_SpeciesCrosswalk.xls FVS_SpeciesCrosswalk.pdf |
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