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PREFACE
On October 17-18, 2000, the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station sponsored a second annual Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium in Salt Lake City, Utah. Symposium organizers successfully sought to document regional and national progress in implementing an enhanced FIA program. By the end of calendar year 2000, all Forest Service research stations will have begun annual inventories in at least one State using protocols developed for a system that is national in both scope and scale.
Papers included in this publication have been sorted into a number of general topic areas. Those areas include remote sensing and Geographic Inventory Systems (GIS), statistical estimation and modeling, information management, analysis and reporting, and a special-studies session. We thank all presenters and convey special thanks to those who so copiously documented their work and submitted papers for this publication.
Gregory
A. Reams
Ronald E. McRoberts
Paul C. Van Deusen
Asheville, North Carolina
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Remote Sensing and GIS
Analyzing Regional FIA Data in the ArcView Geographic Information System
D. Reed, S. Pugh, P. Miles, and K. PregitzerForest/Nonforest Classification of Landsat TM Data for Annual Inventory Phase One Stratification
J. RackPhase I Forest Area Estimation Using Landsat TM and Iterative Guided Spectral Class Rejection: Assessment of Possible Training Data Protocols
J. Scrivani, R. Wynne, C. Blinn, and R. MusyLandsat TM Classifications for SAFIS Using FIA Field Plots
W.H. Cooke III and A. HartsellStratifying FIA Ground Plots Using a 3-Year Old MRLC Forest Cover Map and Current TM Derived Variables Selected by "Decision Tree" Classification
M. Hoppus, S. Arner, and A. ListerHoneycombing the Icoshedron and Icoshedroning the Sphere
J.M. McCollumAccuracy of Remotely Sensed Classifications for Stratification of Forest and Nonforest
R. Czaplewski and P. PattersonRemote Sensing Precision Requirements for FIA Estimation
M.H. HansenA Nonparametric Geostatistical Method for Estimating Species Importance
A. Lister, R. Riemann, and M. Hoppus
Statistical Estimation Modeling
Areal Control Using Generalized Least Squares As An Alternative To Stratification
R. CzaplewskiUpdating Indiana Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Plot Data Using Eastern Broadleaf Forest Diameter Growth Models
V.C. LessardEstimating the Uncertainity inDiameter Growth Model Predictions and its Effects on the Uncertainty of Annual Inventory Estimates
R.E. McRoberts and V.C. LessardA Comparison of Several Techniques for Estimating the Average Volume per Acre for Multipanel Data with Missing Panels
D. Gartner and G.A. ReamsFIA Estimation in the New Millennium
F.A. RoeschAlternatives to the Moving Average
P.C. Van Deusen
Information Management
The New Southern FIA Data Compilation System
V.C. Baldwin, Jr. and L. RoyerOn FIA Variables for Ecological Use
D.C. Chojnacky
Analysis and Reporting
Estimation Based on the First Cycle of the Annual Forest Inventory System: Methods, Preliminary Results, and Observations
M.H. Hansen, G.J. Brand, D.G. Wendt, and R.E. McRobertsAnalysis and Reporting Needs for Annual Forest Inventories in the South
M.T. Thompson
Special Studies
Assessing Regeneration Adequacy in Pennsylvania's Forests: A Pilot Study
W.H. McWilliams, S. King, and C.T. ScottComparision of Standing Volume Estimates Using Optical Dendrometers
N.A. Clark, S.J. Zarnoch, A. Clark III, and G.A. ReamsLand Use, Recreation, and Wildlife Habitats: GIS Applications Using FIA Plot Data
V.A. RudisIntegrating P3 Data into P2 Analyses: What is the Added Value?
J.R. SteinmanPlotview Software for Retrieving Plot-Level Imagery and GIS Data Over the Web
K. Boss