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This is an old version of the RSB webpage. Please go to http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/rsb/ for the new version that is being revised (December 2005). nbsp; :-))
Quick links...
Current RSB Tasks
| Current projects
| NLCD 2000 | Recommendations
| Sources for
spatial data
Meeting
notes and agendas | Papers
| Comments/Discussion | WWW
Pages | Sources
for image acquisition | Pre-1999
activity
This www page is a dynamic, working document. We're trying to
keep it updated with:
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the latest descriptions of RSB work, recommendations, study plans, meeting
notes, .ppt summaries
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on-line copies of papers
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links to valuable spatial data
Official
Stuff
Glossaries and Acronyms...
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Link to NASA GSFC remote sensing
glossary
and some of the acronyms
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also, some shorter but also useful remote sensing glossaries compiled
by the UnivMelb
and UCSB
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Links to useful GIS glossaries:
Recent
activity
Current
RSB Tasks
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provide metadata fields for P1 (for IM)
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put together change proposal for ground photography -- to standardize the
collection of this type of photography where it is collected, and perhaps
propose the collection of more complete ground photography on P3 plots
(Winterberger's heading up this)
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put together strategic plan
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keep tabs on available water datasets and when one of sufficient quality
becomes available, give SB some sample data to run some test calculations
with. Lister is currently looking at the most recent TIGER 2000 shape
files indicating detailed land and water boundaries received from the Census
Bureau (~1:100,000).
Current
projects (let's get this list complete...)
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P1 investigations
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brief summary of pilot studies on alternative strategies (.rtf)
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Fragmentation
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CEMRI study description...
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.ppt,paper
and poster
of results so far (Oct 2001), and .ppt
and paper
of technical considerations
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Canopy modeling
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spatial modeling to provide continuous maps of forest (FIA) variables
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links to results so far (papers, posters, .ppt, web pages)
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species distribution maps (species importance) -- poster,
web,
paper
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Identifying forest variables from high resolution imagery
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Megown/RSAC's work... -- .ppt
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Winterberger's work... --
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...
Other
projects
LANDFIRE fact
sheet
360o "immersive" photography -- IPIX
-- Panoscan
GeoTools (.doc)
FIA & NASA possible
proposal -- and Cohen's intro
comments
[Pilot inventory of Nonforest areas -- poster]
NLCD 2000 Discussions
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Management Team Decision regarding partnership with EDC (.doc)
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The FIA RSB's Summary of Issues and Comments on an FIA Partnership with
the NLCD Consortium (.doc
or .html)
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Background citations for FIA-NLCD2000 project (.doc)
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Preliminary
results from mapping zone 60 (8/17/01)
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Preliminary
results from mapping zone 60 (7/6/01)
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Forest/nonforest evaluation discussion (June 2001)
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Blacksburg meeting (Jan 10-12, 2001) issues
and actions, and Befort's
additional thoughts and Czaplewski's
thoughts
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Zhu's .ppt
presentation
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MRLC2000 consortium partner's meeting summary1,
summary2,
and minutes
--Nov
7-8, 2000, Sioux Falls, SD
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Las Vegas meeting minutes,
and white
paper (April 10-11, 2000)
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Colin Homer's .ppt
presentation describing MRLC2000
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FIA requirements from MRLC .ppt
presentation (Czaplewski)
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Warbington's analyses using CALVEG maps re: sparse forest estimates (.xls
file); and info from the Sagebrush mapping meeting (1/25/01) -- concepts_of_scale_classif_and_inventory,
standards_for_plot_data_for_plant_community_classif_INT,
meeting_notes,
framework
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Field manuals
Meeting
Notes and Agendas
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GSTC Steering committee meeting (Tymcio and Caylor will attend)
-- (March 12-13, 2002?)
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All Bands meeting issues,
agenda,
RSB meeting notes (Wed.
morning summary) and pictures(Jan
6-11, 2002)
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FIA techniques meeting in Traverse City (program), and some
papers (Oct, 2001)
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Report
presented to June 2001 FIA PM's meeting
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Sioux Falls meeting with EDC -- agenda(May
1-3, 2001)
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All Bands meeting issues
and agenda and meeting
notes (April 2-6, 2001)
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Blacksburg meeting agenda
and issues
and actions (Jan 10-12, 2001)
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MRLC
2000 consortium partner's meeting(Nov 7-8, 2000)
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FIA-FHM
joint mgmt team meeting notes (October 2000)
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RSB technical workshop in SLC (October 2000)
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St. Paul meeting agenda and meeting notes (May 22-25, 2000)
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SLC meeting
notes(March 27-31, 2000)
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Remote Sensing
Band Status Report (Based on Beth Collins' notes from Kansas City
meeting 3/17/99)
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Kansas City agenda
and meeting
notes (March 1999)
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Report
presented to Jan. 1998 FIA PL's meeting
Current
notes for the Management Team
Current
FIA business requirements from RS data
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field navigation
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to improve phase II estimates (via a good forest/nonforest stratification
layer)
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to provide more spatially continuous information -- better maps more efficiently
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to provide more accurate small area estimates (e.g. counties) and estimates
of removals/regen
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to provide fragmentation and context information not available (or available
as easily) from the ground
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for historical estimates of trend (since we can't go back in time to measure
on the ground)
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to provide more temporally accurate information (e.g. by identifying change...)
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measures of variance and uncertainty are one of the standpoints of FIA.
Need to continue explicitly including measures of variance and uncertainty
in everything we do, particularly those measures of uncertainty that can
be used in subsequent modeling efforts.
additional note: RSB = RS and GIS and spatial modeling (GIS also comes
into the IMC and Analysis Band). GIS and RS are intimately related and
should be closely linked groups in the FIA units.
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Related
Papers (and project summaries):
Accuracy:
AVHRR:
Digitizing:
Fragmentation:
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Fragmentation statistics for FIA: designing an approach -- .ppt,
paper
and poster
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Techniques and consideration for FIA forest fragmentation analysis -- .ppt
and paper
Geostatistics:
Modeling:
Phase 1
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Quick summary of pilot studies on alternative strategies (.rtf)
RS'98:
RS2000:
St. Paul meeting (May 22-25, 2000):
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Agenda
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Meeting
Notes
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Landsat
TM issues for FIA Phase 1 Inventory
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Rack -- Registration of TM data
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Warbington -- Forest/nonforest for NFS in California
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Cooke -- AVHRR/TM
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Hoppus -- Forest/nonforest in NERS
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Moisen -- Forest/nonforest in RMRS
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Befort/Rack -- Single vs. multiple date annual imagery
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Lannom -- Forest/nonforest from RSAC
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Burk/Bolstad -- Automated classification at the U of MN
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Scrivani
and Wynne -- Landsat TM-based forest area estimation using iterative
guided spectral class rejection (IGSCR). Abstract.
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Zhu -- MRLC2000
(.ppt)
FIA Techniques Symposium - Traverse City,
MI - Oct 16-19, 2001:
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Kaartinen, Fried and Dunham -- Evaluating precision gain for timber and
non-timber attributes via Landsat-based stratification on California's
North Coast -- .ppt
and .doc
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Hoppus and Lister -- A statistically valid method for using FIA plots to
guide spectral class rejection in producing stratification maps -- .ppt
and .doc
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Lister, Lister, Riemann and Hoppus -- Techniques and considerations for
FIA fragmentation analysis -- .ppt
and .doc
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Riemann, Lister, Hoppus and Lister -- Fragmentation statistics for FIA:
designing an approach -- .ppt
and .doc
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Czaplewski -- Opportunities to develop a 30-meter spatial database for
the USA-- .ppt
and .doc
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McRoberts -- .ppt and .doc
Other:
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Examples of spatial analysis products from FIA data with respect to
the NFS
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Comments/Discussion
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Related
WWW Pages
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Sources
for spatial data
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county boundaries
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streams, water bodies
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watersheds
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coastline
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soils
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DEM
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DLG
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deposition
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?'s -- common projection?, consistent nationwide
unless otherwise noted, best available, accuracy noted, make use of NE-FIA's
web page...(?)
Sources
for acquisition of existing imagery
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MRLC (now NLCD--national
land cover data) procurement -- link to www page (for info and status)
and regional contacts for getting copies. Also, link to the Land
Cover Characterization Program (LCCP) behind it...
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GAP projects
-- national status map and links to state efforts...
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FAS procurement -- link to Chuck Dull's email address... (Is Bill Belton
now handling this??)
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NALC triplicates
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USGS data products
(imagery and other Geospatial data); also see the Webglis
homepage; for free DEM's, DLG's and land use maps, see USGS's
downloadable data page)
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GSTC Clearinghouse
-- (areas in and around National Forests only)
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TIGER data -- ArcView shapefile format, decimal degrees, NAD83
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CFF
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30 meter DEM
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10 meter DEM
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DOQ (anticipated in late 2000)
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PBS softcopy
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MODIS -- Finco's
.ppt presentation, Andy's .ppt presentation
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UMD's Global Landcover Facility (GOFC)
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NASA's MODIS webpage
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Link to NASA GSFC remote sensing glossary
and some of the acronyms
Other
links
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GAC - Geospatial Advisory Committee
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GSTC
- Geospatial Service and Technology Center
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RSSC --
Remote Sensing Steering Committee
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Table
of membership (7/19/01) of the Geospatial Executive Board (GEB), Geospatial
Advisory Committee (GAC), Geospatial Service and
Technology Center (GSTC) Steering Committee, and Remote Sensing Steering
Committee.
Maintained by:
Rachel Riemann
and
Andy Lister |
Northeastern Research Station
11 Campus Blvd.
Newtown Square, PA 19073
URL:http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/rsb/ |
Revised Feb 13, 2002
https://www.fs.usda.gov/ne/rsb/oldindex.html