Distributing FIA Information onto Segmented Landsat Thematic Mapper Images Stratified with Industrial Ground Data

Abstract

The ability to evaluate the ecological and economical effects of proposed modifications to Georgia's best management practices is an important issue in the State. We have incorporated tabular FIA data with Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite images and other spatial data to model Georgia's forested land and assess the area, volume, age, and site quality of two stream and road buffer regimes. Each regime included different buffer widths for perennial and intermittent streams and slope classes. We discuss here the technical details of this work.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the fourth annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium

Citation

Lowe , Tripp; Cieszewski, Chris; Zasada, Michael; Zawadzki, Jarek. 2005. Distributing FIA Information onto Segmented Landsat Thematic Mapper Images Stratified with Industrial Ground Data. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H.; Cieszewski, Chris J., eds. Proceedings of the fourth annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 111-116