Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis volume equation user’s guide

Christopher M. Oswalt; Roger Conner

doi:10.2737/SRS-GTR-138

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Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis volume equation user’s guide

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Authors:

Christopher M. Oswalt, Roger Conner

Year:

2011

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-138

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–138. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 22 p.

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Abstract

Reliable volume estimation procedures are fundamental to the mission of the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. Moreover, public access to FIA program procedures is imperative. Here we present the volume estimation procedures used by the southern FIA program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Research Station. The guide presented includes a description of the relevant variables populated in the public FIA database, a description of the set of equations used to estimate tree volume in the south, the volume equations, definition of terms, species-specific (or species group) coefficients for each equation, and examples of estimating individual tree volume.

Keywords

Biomass, FIA, volume, volume equation, volume estimation

Citation

Oswalt, Christopher M.; Conner, Roger C. 2011. Southern Forest Inventory and Analysis volume equation user’s guide. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–138. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 22 p.