A discrete global grid for photointerpretation / Joseph M. McCollum, Jamie K. Cochran, and Anita K. Rose.

Author/creator McCollum, Joseph
Other author Cochran, Jamie K.
Other author Rose, Anita Kristine, 1970-
Other author United States. Forest Service. Southern Research Station.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAsheville, NC : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, [2008]
Description1 online resource (7 pages) : illustrations, map.
Supplemental Contenthttp://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo7088
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SeriesResearch paper SRS ; 44
Research paper SRS ; 44. ^A425150
Summary The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, collects its data in three phases. The first phase is collection of photointerpretation data or dot counts, the second phase is field collection of FIA plot data, and the third phase is collection of Forest Health Monitoring data. This paper describes the development of the Phase 2 (P2) and Phase 3 (P3) grids and discusses the creation of a new grid for Phase 1 (P1), complete with an efficient indexing scheme, which is essentially equivalent to the historical dot count grids. The P2 grid consists of one field site per approximately 6,000 acres. To create the new P1 grid, we decomposed the P2 grid by a factor of 27 to obtain new proposed P1 photointerpretation cells of about 220 acres. The new grid can be used for initial photointerpretation points to determine area estimates forested land.
General noteTitle form title screen (viewed May 5, 2011).
General note"July 2008"--P. [2] of cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 6-7).
Issued in other formPaper version: McCollum, Joseph. Discrete global grid for photointerpretation
GPO item number0083-B (online)
Govt. docs number A 13.78:SRS-44

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