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◊ Accuracy of Chugach National Forest Land Cover Maps

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/accuracy_of_cnf_landcover_maps_021612_rld.pdf

Author:

R. DeVelice

Keywords:

Chugach, land cover, NLCD

Description:

Evaluated existing land cover/vegetation maps for accuracy and utility for land management planning applications on the Chugach National Forest.

Date Published:

2012-02-16

◊ Accuracy of Chugach National Forest Land Cover Maps [Full Report]

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/accuracy_of_cnf_landcover_maps_021612_rld.pdf

Author:

R.L. DeVelice

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, Chugach National Forest, Landcover, vegetation maps, natural resource management

Description:

Landcover/existing vegetation maps are fundamental, basic data needed for naturalresource management. Such maps are useful in a wide range of applications including land management planning, ecosystem assessment, inventory, wildlife habitat assessment, rare and sensitive species modeling, invasive species modeling, recreational activity management, and climate change analyses. As identified in the “2011 Information Needs Assessment”, this project evaluated existing land cover/vegetation maps for accuracy and utility for land management planning applications on the Chugach National Forest.

Date Published:

2012-02-16

◊ Accuracy of the LANDFIRE Alaska Existing Vegetation Map [Summary Report ]

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/LANDFIRE_ak_110evt_accuracy_summary_013012.pdf

Author:

R.L. DeVelice

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, Chugach National Forest, Alaska Existing Vegetation (ak_110evt), existing land cover, vegetation maps,

Description:

A summary report of a “Landcover Mapping Comparisons Project” is currently underway on the Chugach National Forest in which existing land cover/vegetation maps are being evaluated foraccuracy and utility for land management planning applications.

Date Published:

2012-01-30

◊ Alaska Agreement Assessments

URL:

https://www.frames.gov/documents/alaska/webinars/AFSC_webinar_20110323X_LandfireNationalAlaska_AgreementAssessments-Smith-Ohlen.pdf

Author:

Jim Smith

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, Alaska, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), assessments, powerpoint

Description:

Purpose(s) of the Assessments- Help the user understand and apply- Help the mappers understand and improve•Purpose of the presentation- Briefly show agreement/accuracy informationalready developed by LANDFIRE

Date Published:

2011-03-23

◊ Comparing selected fire regime condition class (FRCC) and LANDFIRE vegetation model results with tree-ring data

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/ComparingFRCCwtree-ring_Swetnam2010.pdf

Author:

Tyson L. Swetnam, Peter M. Brown

Keywords:

BpS, FRCC, vegetation, tree, reference conditions, successional classes, Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT).

Description:

This document compares selected FRCC and LANDFIRE vegetation characteristics derived from simulation modeling with similar characteristics reconstructed from tree-ring data collected from 11 forested sites in Utah. Reconstructed reference conditions based on trees present in 1880 compared with reference conditions modeled by the Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool for individual Biophysical Settings (BpS) used in FRCC and LANDFIRE assessments showed significance relationships for ponderosa pine, aspen, and mixed-conifer BpS but not for spruce–fir, piñon–juniper, or lodgepole pine BpS.

Date Published:

2009-06-03

◊ Guidelines for Evaluating LANDFIRE Fuel Data

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/EvaluatingLANDFIREFuelsData.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, accuracy assessment, verification efforts, guidelines, fuel data, fuel data assessment

Description:

This document was prepared to facilitate the LANDFIRE fuel verification process by providing guidelines that users should consider prior to this endeavor. If these guidelines are followed, the LANDFIRE fuel team can more readily use the critique to improve the data layers.

Date Published:

2007-09-07

◊ Improvements GeoArea Recommendations Summary

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/Improvements_GeoArea_Recommendations_Summary.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, GeoArea Recommendations, Summarization

Description:

Summary of Improvements GeoArea Recommendations.

Date Published:

2013-11-26

◊ Landfire Accuracy Estimates for the Great Basin Superzone: Comparison of Original Estimates with Poststratified Estimates Adjusted for the Proportion of Area in each EVT Map Class

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/Stehman-LF_Analysis_Feb8.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, assessments, EVT

Description:

This analysis focuses on using the known EVT class map proportions to adjust the LF accuracy estimates.

Date Published:

2012-02-08

◊ LANDFIRE National Alaska and Hawaii Milestone Overall Quality Assessment Report

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/Alaska_Hawaii_Overall_Agreement_Report_LANDFIRE.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, Alaska, Hawai'i, Assessment Summary,

Description:

This report provides potential users access to information about the quality of the LANDFIRE data in Alaska and Hawai’i (AK_HI) so that the LANDFIRE products may be fully and appropriately used.

Date Published:

2011-03-29

◊ LANDFIRE National Eastern Milestone Overall Quality Assessment Report

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/LANDFIRENationalEasternAgreementAssessmentSummary.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, Quality Assessment, summary, LANDFIRE Product Quality Working Team (PQWT), Quality Assessment Report,

Description:

The LANDFIRE Product Quality Assessment Report provides potential users access to information about the quality of the LANDFIRE data so that the LANDFIRE products may be fully and appropriately used.

Date Published:

2010-08-30

◊ LANDFIRE National Milestone Overall Quality Assessment Report_Revised_Oct_2008.pdf

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/LANDFIRE_National_Western_Milestone_Overall_Quality_Assessment_Revised_Oct_2008.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, Product Quality Working Team (PQWT), quality, evaluation

Description:

The LANDFIRE National Western Milestone Overall Quality Assessment Summary is a product ofthe LANDFIRE Product Quality Working Team (PQWT).

Date Published:

2009-01-05

◊ LANDFIRE Product Assessment: Alaska and Hawaii Super Zone Analysis and Report

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/Alaska_Hawaii_SuperZone_Agreement_Report_LANDFIRE.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, report, quality assessment, Alaska, Hawai'i

Description:

The interagency LANDFIRE project worked to produce quality products from available data sets. The Alaska and Hawai’i Milestone Assessment followed the processes outlined in the LANDFIRE Product Quality Control and Assessment Plan (PQCA Plan).

Date Published:

2011-03-29

◊ LANDFIRE Product Assessment: Eastern Milestone Super Zone Analysis and Report

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/LANDFIRENationalEasternAgreementAssessmentSuperZoneAnalysis.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, LANDFIRE Product Quality Control and Assessment Plan (PQCA Plan), quality assessment, Existing Vegetation Type (EVT),

Description:

The Eastern Milestone Assessment followed the processes outlined in the LANDFIRE Product Quality Control and Assessment Plan (PQCA Plan), which was approved by LANDFIRE leadership and presents full disclosure of all pertinent information concerning the approach to assess quality of the LANDFIRE products.

Date Published:

2011-12-11

◊ LANDFIRE Product Assessment: Western Milestone Super Zone Analysis and Report

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/LANDFIRE_WUS_SuperZone_Report.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, Product Quality Control and Assessment Plan (PQCA Plan), Super Zone, product quality assessment, Environmental Site Potential (ESP), Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Canopy Fuels, Fire Behavior Fuel Model (FBFM)

Description:

is a report of the outcomes of the Western Milestone product quality assessment process for the LANDFIRE National Environmental Site Potential (ESP) and Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Canopy Fuels and Fire Behavior Fuel Model (FBFM) spatial products.

Date Published:

2010-08-30

◊ LANDFIRE Product Quality Control and Assessment Plan-Version 1.0

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/LANDFIRE_PQCA_Plan_V2.0.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, Product Quality Control and Assessment Plan (PQCA Plan), Quality control, Quantitative accuracy assessments, Qualitative assessments,

Description:

The interagency LANDFIRE project is required to provide a Product Quality Control and Assessment Plan (PQCA Plan). The LANDFIRE Product Quality Working Team (PQWT) developed this draft work plan for review and adoption for implementation.

Date Published:

2008-06-05

◊ LANDFIRE Review and Feedback - Meeting Notes and Documentation

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/LANDFIRE_2-2011_ReviewMeetingNotes_Responses_final.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE archive, evaluation, review, feedback, meeting notes

Description:

Meeting notes from 2011 where presenters from FPA, WFDSS, HFPAS & EMDS, Fire Regime and Fire Regime Condition Class, and GTG discussed how they are using the data and feedback on data.

Date Published:

2011-06-06

◊ Mapping Fire Regimes from data you may already have: Assessing LANDFIRE Fire Regime maps using local products

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/nrs_2014_thomas-vangundy_003.pdf

Author:

TNC

Keywords:

Fire Regime, local products, maps

Description:

Comparison of two recently published products from West Virginia, a rule-based and witness tree-based model, to LANDFIRE fire regime groups.

Date Published:

2017-02-09

◊ NPS and LANDFIRE (LF) assessments of EVT

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/LF_Assessment_Review_Stehman_Aug22.pdf

Author:

Steve Stehman

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, NPS, assessments, existing vegetation map (EVT),

Description:

Compare the NPS assessment results with LANDFIRE assessment results to develop an overall, integrated review of LANDFIRE spatial product quality. The purpose is to inform potential users of LANDFIRE EVT—help them understand and apply the agreement assessment results in their applications.

Date Published:

2012-05-23

◊ NVCS Results Discussion from Improvements #1

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/Improvements_GeoArea_NVCS_Results_Summary.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, auto-key, NVC Macrogroups, Ecological Systems

Description:

Recommendations for development of design of auto-key for divisions.

Date Published:

2013-11-26

◊ Overview of the LANDFIRE 2010 Existing Vegetation Type Quality Assessment for the North Central (NC) GeoArea

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/zip/NC_LF2010_EVT_Assessment_Pkg.zip

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, 2010, Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Quality Assessment, directly mapped, LANDFIRE Reference Data Base (LFRDB), North Central (NC) GeoArea

Description:

To support the user community, LANDFIRE is committed to providing as much information as possible about the characteristics, quality and applications of all program products. Existing Vegetation Type (EVT) is a key product of the LANDFIRE Program. In addition to its use and importance as a spatial layer, EVT is used to develop other important downstream products such as Fire Behavior Fuel Models. We have focused on an EVT assessment first because it is a “directly mapped” product created from basic information about vegetation, vegetation transitions, and disturbance. It is not a “derived” layer.

Date Published:

2015-11-13

◊ Overview of the LANDFIRE 2010 Existing Vegetation Type Quality Assessment for the NorthEast (NE) GeoArea

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/zip/NE_LF2010_EVT_Assessment_Pkg.zip

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, 2010, Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Quality Assessment, directly mapped, LANDFIRE Reference Data Base (LFRDB), Northeast (NE) GeoArea

Description:

Date Published:

2015-11-13

◊ Overview of the LANDFIRE 2010 Existing Vegetation Type Quality Assessment for the NorthWest (NW) GeoArea

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/zip/NW_LF2010_EVT_Assessment_Pkg.zip

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, 2010, Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Quality Assessment, directly mapped, LANDFIRE Reference Data Base (LFRDB), NorthWest (NW) GeoArea

Description:

Date Published:

2015-11-13

◊ Overview of the LANDFIRE 2010 Existing Vegetation Type Quality Assessment for the South Central (SC) GeoArea

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/zip/SC_LF2010_EVT_Assessment_Pkg.zip

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, 2010, Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Quality Assessment, directly mapped, LANDFIRE Reference Data Base (LFRDB), South Central (SC) GeoArea

Description:

Date Published:

2015-11-13

◊ Overview of the LANDFIRE 2010 Existing Vegetation Type Quality Assessment for the SouthEast (SE) GeoArea

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/zip/SE_LF2010_EVT_Assessment_Pkg.zip

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, 2010, Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Quality Assessment, directly mapped, LANDFIRE Reference Data Base (LFRDB), SouthEast (SE) GeoArea

Description:

Date Published:

2015-11-13

◊ Overview of the LANDFIRE 2010 Existing Vegetation Type Quality Assessment for the SouthWest (SW) GeoArea

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/zip/SW_LF2010_EVT_Assessment_Pkg.zip

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, 2010, Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Quality Assessment, directly mapped, LANDFIRE Reference Data Base (LFRDB), SouthWest (SW) GeoArea

Description:

Date Published:

2015-11-13

◊ Plot Data Processing

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/Plot_Data_Processing.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, LANDFIRE Reference Database (LFRDB), plots, data processing, sampling unit, attributes

Description:

Vegetation and fuel data submitted to LANDFIRE will be evaluated for inclusion into the LANDFIRE Reference Database (LFRDB). Each sampling unit must meet the described minimum requirements to be included in the LFRDB.

Date Published:

2011-12-05

◊ Quality Assessment of LF2008 Existing Vegetation Cover and Existing Vegetation Height Spatial Layers Using Forest Inventory Analysis Plots

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/LF2008_EVC_EVH_Quality_Assessment.pdf

Author:

LANDFIRE

Keywords:

LANDFIRE, Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC), Existing Vegetation Height, 2012 FIA Symposium, quality assessment, CONUS

Description:

LANDFIRE 2008 Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC) and Existing Vegetation Height (EVH) spatial layers were assessed for quality within the forest vegetation types using FIA plots measured in 2008 and 2009. These plots were not used to develop the LANDFIRE EVC and EVH products, and thus constitute an independent assessment sample.

Date Published:

2013-06-05

◊ Review of LANDFIRE FRCC Methods and Data Products

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov/documents/Review_of_LANDFIRE_FRCC_Methods_and_Data_Products.pdf

Author:

Sue Stewart

Keywords:

Description:

Date Published:

2007-04-13

◊ Riparian vegetation as an indicator of riparian condition: Detecting departures from historic condition across the North American West

URL:

https://www.landfire.gov//documents/Macfarlane2016JEM.pdf

Author:

Macfarlane

Keywords:

Floodplain assessment,Condition assessment,Riparian restoration,Landscape planning,Columbia River Basin,Utah

Description:

Floodplain riparian ecosystems support unique vegetation communities and high biodiversity relative to terrestrial landscapes. Accordingly, estimating riparian ecosystem health across landscapes is critical for sustainable river management. However, methods that identify local riparian vegetation condition, an effective proxy for riparian health, have not been applied across broad, regional extents. This paper presents an index to assess reach-scale (500 m segment) riparian vegetation condition across entire drainage networks within large, physiographically-diverse regions.

Date Published:

2016-10-26

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