Remote Sensing Lab, Ecosystem Planning

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Resource Information & Planning:

• Support various Land and Resource Planning and Assessment efforts by providing GIS and assessment services for Region 5.

Vegetation Monitoring:

• Provide Cost Effective and Statistical Based Vegetation Resource Inventories in an Ecological Framework for Determining Changes, Causes, and Trends to Vegetation Structure, Health, Biomass, Volume, Growth, Mortality, Condition, and Extent.

Vegetation Classification:

• Provide descriptions and keys for existing vegetation types using the Calveg classification system.

Change Detection and Cause Information:

• Identify land use, land cover, and vegetation structure change over time and causes of change.

Vegetation Mapping:

• Provide up-to-date Maps and Accuracy Assessments using Remote Sensing, Image Processing, GIS Modeling, Change Detection, Integration of Existing Data, Photo Interpretation and Ground Based Information.

Vegetation Inventory:

• Provide Forest Inventory Sample Design, Contract Services, Quality Control and Assurance, Data Compilation, Analysis and Reporting, Regional Technical Support, and User Training for Stand Examinations and Forest Inventory And Analysis Software use.
  

Southern California Mortality:

• Provide an Inventory of Tree Mortality in Southern California Mountains (2001-2004) due to Bark Beetle Impacts.

Forest Resource Database:

• Provide a data dictionary that describes Regional GIS layers used in National Forest planning.

Geographic Information System:

• Provide GIS Services for Land and Resource Planning and Analysis, Regional Contract Administration, Corporate Data Base Repository, Information Requests, Interagency Coordination with Federal, State, Private and Institutional Organizations, Regional Data Dictionary, Integration with National and Regional Oracle Data Base Applications, Linkages with Decision Support Systems, and Technical Support.

Remote Sensing:

• Provide Imagery at Multiple Resolutions and State-of-the-Art Remote Sensing Tools to support Mapping and Assessment of the Existing Vegetation Resources as well as other Natural Resources.

USDA Forest Service - Remote Sensing Lab, Ecosystem Planning
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