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
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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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