Techniques
Status
Ongoing
Start Date
February, 2023
Project Description
A primary focus of the Resource Monitoring and Assessment program research is to improve monitoring techniques and develop new applications for the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program.
For example, we are working to expand forest health metrics using indicator species, improve estimates of canopy cover and biomass from standard inventory measurements.
Purpose and Scope
Improving variance estimators
- We are working to improve variance estimators with alternative methods of incorporating remote sensing.
Forest health metrics
- This project entails improving forest health metrics with a national vegetation diversity indicator and national lichen community indicator.
Canopy cover estimates
- We are working to improve estimates of tree canopy cover from standard inventory measurements.
Equation development
- PNW-FMA researchers and statisticians are continually working to improve monitoring techniques and improves estimates of forest attributes such as canopy cover and biomass.
- Development of analytical and visualization software tools to manipulate and process data from large-area lidar acquisitions to produce information useful for resource analyses.
SVS: Stand Visualization System
Key Personnel
Project Contact
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Person
Vicente Monleon
Mathematical Statisticianhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/vicente.monleon
Investigators
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Person
Olaf Kuegler
Mathematical Statisticianhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/olaf.kuegler -
Person
Andrew Gray, PhD
Research Ecologist, Team Leaderhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/andrew.gray -
Person
Hans Andersen, PhD
Research Forester/VMaRS Team Leaderhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/hans.andersen -
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Demetrios Gatziolis
Research Foresterhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/demetrios.gatziolis -
Person
Robert McGaughey
Research Foresterhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/bob.mcgaughey -
Person
Vicente Monleon
Mathematical Statisticianhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/vicente.monleon
Collaborators
Geospatial Technology and Applications Center
Data and Tools
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Tool
https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/products/dataandtools/envision-environmental-visualization-system
Publications
- Elijah Allensworth, Hailemariam Temesgen, Bryce Frank, Andrew Gray. 2021. Imputation to predict height to crown base for trees with predicted heights
- Michael Alonzo, Hans Andersen, Douglas Morton, Bruce Cook. 2018. Quantifying boreal forest structure and composition using UAV structure from motion
- Michael Alonzo, Roman J. Dial, Bethany K. Schulz, Hans Andersen, Eric Lewis-Clark, Bruce D. Cook, Douglas C. Morton. 2020. Mapping tall shrub biomass in Alaska at landscape scale using structure-from-motion photogrammetry and lidar
- Hans Andersen, Jacob L. Strunk, Robert McGaughey. 2022. Using high-performance global navigation satellite system technology to improve Forest Inventory and Analysis plot coordinates in the Pacific region
- Chad Babcock, Andrew O. Finley, Hans Andersen, Robert Pattison, Bruce D. Cook, Douglas C. Morton, Michael Alonzo, Ross Nelson, Timothy Gregoire, Liviu Ene, Terje Gobakken, Erik Næsset. 2018. Geostatistical estimation of forest biomass in interior Alaska combining Landsat-derived tree cover, sampled airborne lidar and field observations
- Jason Barker, Jeremy S. Fried, Andrew Gray. 2019. Evaluating model predictions of fire induced tree mortality using wildfire-affected forest inventory measurements
- David M. Bell, Barry T. (Ty) Wilson, Charles E. Werstak, Christopher M. Oswalt, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry. 2022. Examining k-nearest neighbor small area estimation across scales using national forest inventory data
- Bryce Frank, Vicente Monleon. 2021. Comparison of variance estimators for systematic environmental sample surveys: Considerations for post-stratified estimation
- Demetrios Gatziolis, Robert McGaughey. 2019. Reconstructing aircraft trajectories from multi-return airborne laser-scanning data
- Andrew Gray, Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, Eric Pfaff. 2019. Integrating TimeSync disturbance detection and repeat forest inventory to predict carbon flux
- Sean Jeronimo, Van Kane, Derek Churchill, Robert McGaughey, Jerry F. Franklin. 2018. Applying LiDAR Individual Tree Detection to Management of Structurally Diverse Forest Landscapes
- Ally Kruper, Robert McGaughey, Sarah Crumrine, Bernard Bormann, Keven Bennett, Courtney R. Bobsin. 2022. Using airborne LiDAR to map red alder in the Sappho Long-Term Ecosystem Productivity study
- Francisco Mauro, Martin Ritchie, Brian M. Wing, Bryce Frank, Vicente Monleon, Hailemariam Temesgen, Andrew T. Hudak. 2019. Estimation of changes of forest structural attributes at three different spatial aggregation levels in Northern California using multitemporal LiDAR
- Paul L. Patterson, Sean P. Healey, Goran Stahl, Svetlana Saarela, Soren Holm, Hans-Erik Andersen, Ralph O. Dubayah, Laura Duncanson, Steven Hancock, John Armston, James R. Kellner, Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang. 2019. Statistical properties of hybrid estimators proposed for GEDI - NASA’s global ecosystem dynamics investigation
- Flavie Pelletier, Bianca N.I. Eskelson, Vicente Monleon, Yi-Chin Tseng. 2021. Using Landsat imagery to assess burn severity of national forest inventory plots
- Krishna P. Poudel, Hailemariam Temesgen, Andrew Gray. 2018. Estimating upper stem diameters and volume of Douglas-fir and Western hemlock trees in the Pacific northwest
- Krishna P. Poudel, Hailemariam Temesgen, Philip J. Radtke, Andrew Gray. 2019. Estimating individual-tree aboveground biomass of tree species in the western U.S.A.
- Svetlana Saarela, Soren Holm, Sean P. Healey, Hans-Erik Andersen, Hans Petersson, Wilmer Prentius, Paul L. Patterson, Erik Næsset, Timothy G. Gregoire, Goran Stahl. 2018. Generalized hierarchical model-based estimation for aboveground biomass assessment using GEDI and Landsat data
- Svetlana Saarela, Soren Holm, Sean P. Healey, Paul L. Patterson, Zhiqiang Yang, Hans-Erik Andersen, Ralph O. Dubayah, Wenlu Qi, Laura I Duncanson, John D. Armston, Terje Gobakken, Erik Naesset, Magnus Ekstrom, Goran Stahl. 2022. Comparing frameworks for biomass prediction for the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation
- Caileigh Shoot, Hans Andersen, L. Monika Moskal, Chad Babcock, Bruce D. Cook, Douglas C. Morton. 2021. Classifying forest type in the National Forest Inventory context with airborne hyperspectral and lidar data
- Jacob L. Strunk, Peter Gould, Petteri Packalen, Demetrios Gatziolis, Danuta Greblowska, Caleb Maki, Robert McGaughey. 2020. Evaluation of pushbroom DAP relative to frame camera DAP and lidar for forest modeling
- Jacob L. Strunk, Petteri Packalen, Peter Gould, Demetrios Gatziolis, Caleb Maki, Hans Andersen, Robert McGaughey. 2019. Large area forest yield estimation with pushbroom Digital Aerial Photogrammetry
- Hailemariam Temesgen, Francisco Mauro, Andrew T. Hudak, Bryce Frank, Vicente Monleon, Patrick Fekety, Marin Palmer, Timothy Bryant. 2021. Using Fay-Herriot models and variable radius plot data to develop a stand-level inventory and update a prior inventory in the western Cascades, OR, United States
- Sabrina B. Turner, David Turner, Andrew Gray, Will Fellers. 2019. An approach to estimating forest biomass change over a coniferous forest landscape based on tree-level analysis from repeated lidar surveys
- Duncan Wilson, Vicente Monleon, Aaron Weiskittel. 2019. Quantification and incorporation of uncertainty in forest growth and yield projections using a Bayesian probabilistic framework: A demonstration for plantation coastal Douglas-fir in the Pacific Northwest, USA
- Hyeyoung Woo, Bianca N.I. Eskelson, Vicente Monleon. 2021. Sensitivity analysis on distance-adjusted propensity score matching for wildfire effect quantification using national forest inventory data
- Hyeyoung Woo, Bianca N. I Eskelson, Vicente Monleon. 2020. Matching methods to quantify wildfire effects on forest carbon mass in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
- Hyeyoung Woo, Bianca N. I Eskelson, Vicente Monleon. 2019. Tree height increment models for national forest inventory data in the Pacific Northwest, USA
- Christopher W. W. Woodall, Vicente Monleon, Shawn Fraver, Matthew B. Russell, Mark A. Hatfield, John Campbell, Grant M. Domke. 2019. The downed and dead wood inventory of forests in the United States
- Raymond J. Davis, Janet Ohmann, Robert Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen, Matthew J. Gregory, Zhiqiang Yang, Heather M. Roberts, Andrew Gray, Thomas Spies. 2015. Northwest Forest Plan–the first 20 years (1994-2013): status and trends of late-successional and old-growth forests
- David L. Azuma, Andrew Gray. 2014. Effects of changing forest land definitions on forest inventory on the West Coast, USA
- Celia Herrero, Olga Krankina, Vicente Monleon, Felipe Bravo. 2014. Amount and distribution of coarse woody debris in pine ecosystems of north-western Spain, Russia and the United States
- Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2012. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States
- Hans-Erik Andersen, Strunk Jacob, Hailemariam Temesgen, Donald Atwood, Ken Winterberger. 2012. Using multi-level remote sensing and ground data to estimate forest biomass resources in remote regions: a case study in the boreal forests of interior Alaska
- Anne McIntosh, Andrew Gray, Steven Garman. 2012. Estimating canopy cover from standard forest inventory measurements in western Oregon
- Jacob L. Strunk, Stephen E. Reutebuch, Hans Andersen, Peter Gould, Robert McGaughey. 2012. Model-assisted forest yield estimation with light detection and ranging
- Janet Ohmann, Matthew J. Gregory, Heather M. Roberts, Warren B. Cohen, Robert Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang. 2012. Mapping change of older forest with nearest-neighbor imputation and Landsat time-series
- Dave Azuma, Vicente Monleon. 2011. Differences in forest area classification based on tree tally from variable- and fixed-radius plots
- Heather E. Lintz, Bruce McCune, Andrew Gray, Katherine A. McCulloh. 2011. Quantifying ecological thresholds from response surfaces
- Susanna L. Melson, Mark E. Harmon, Jeremy S. Fried, James B. Domingo. 2011. Estimates of live-tree carbon stores in the Pacific Northwest are sensitive to model selection
- Janet Ohmann, Matthew J. Gregory, Emilie B. Henderson, Heather M. Roberts. 2011. Mapping gradients of community composition with nearest-neighbour imputation: extending plot data for landscape analysis
- Hailemariam Temesgen, Vicente Monleon, Aaron Weiskittel, Duncan Wilson. 2011. Sampling strategies for efficient estimation of tree foliage biomass
- Christopher W. W. Woodall, Michael C. Amacher, William Bechtold, John W. Coulston, Sarah Jovan, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, KaDonna Randolph, Bethany K. Schulz, Gretchen C. Smith, Susan Will-Wolf. 2011. Status and future of the forest health indicators program of the USA
External Publications
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- Mauro, F., Monleon, V.J., Gray, A.N., Kuegler, O., Temesgen, H., Hudak, A.T., Fekety, P.A., Yang, Z. 2022. Comparison of model assisted endogenous poststratification methods for estimation of aboveground biomass change in Oregon, USA. Remote Sensing 14: 6024
- Strunk, J.L., Bell, D.M., Gregory, M.J., 2022. Pushboom photogrammetic heights enhance state-level forest attribute mapping with Landsat and environmental gradients. Remote Sensing 14(14): 3433.
- Gray, A.N., McIntosh, A.C.S., Garman, S.L., Shettles, M.A. 2021. Predicting canopy cover of diverse forest types from individual tree measurements. Forest Ecology and Management 501: 119682.
- Kimsey Jr, M.J., Strimbu, B.M., McGaughey, R.J. 2021. Advancements in forest mensuration and biometrics in the artificial intelligence era. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
- Mauro, F., Frank, B., Monleon, V.J., Temesgen, H., Ford, K.R. 2019. Generation of tree lists for stands in Southwest Oregon using LiDAR and stand level auxiliary information. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 49: 775-787.
- Strunk, J.L., Gould, P.J., Packalen, P., Poudel, K.P., Andersen, H.E., Temesgen, H. 2017. An examination of diameter density prediction with k-NN and airborne lidar. Forests 8: 444.
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