Timber inventory age class volumes in the U.S. South, 1995-2040.

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• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dr. Robert C. Abt

Publication_Date: 2001

Title:

Timber inventory age class volumes in the U.S. South, 1995-2040.

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Salt Lake City, UT

Publisher: USDA Forest Service

Other_Citation_Details:

Where is dataset referenced in the SFRA? Technical Report, Chapter 13 (TIMBR-1) Figure 26

Description:

Abstract:

These data are projections, 1995, 2020, 2040, of timber net volume by age class, by hardwood and softwood, under the IH projection scenario, developed using the Subregional Timber Supply Model.

Purpose:

To describe age class changes in the South for the Southern Forest Resource Assessment.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2020

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2040

Currentness_Reference: 2001

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.104246

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.773082

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.961157

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.957495

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: timber inventory

Theme_Keyword: age class distribution

Theme_Keyword: biota

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jeffrey P. Prestemon

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Contact_Position: Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, PO Box 12254

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27709

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4033

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919-549-4047

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jprestemon@fs.fed.us

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Management type (Column A)

Attribute_Definition: see source

Attribute_Definition_Source:

USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: numeric

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Age class midpoints (column B)

Attribute_Definition:

year of the midpoint of the age class: 5=0 to 9 years; 15 = 10 to 19 years; 25 = 20 to 29 years; 35 = 30 to 39 years; 45= 40 to 49 years; 50+ = 50 years and older.

Attribute_Definition_Source: n.a.

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: species (Column C)

Attribute_Definition:

softwood is any tree species of the Gymnospermae phylum; hardwood is species of the Angiospermae phylum

Attribute_Definition_Source:

USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: numeric

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: year (column D)

Attribute_Definition: projection year

Attribute_Definition_Source: n.a

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: numeric

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Timber volume (column E)

Attribute_Definition:

volume of standing inventory by species for each year referenced

Attribute_Definition_Source:

USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Location/Identifier: United States South (all thirteen states of the Southern Forest Resource Assessment). Units: thousand cubic feet

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20021023

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Southern Research Station, SRS- 4851

Contact_Person: John M. Pye

Contact_Position: Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3041 E. Cornwallis Rd

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27709

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4013

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.rtp.srs.fs.fed.us/econ/>

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