Federal Forest Inventory and Analysis Data for Vermont: Vermont Forest Cover
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- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
- Address:
705 Spear Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States of America
Phone: (802) 391-4135
Email: femc@uvm.edu
Website: www.uvm.edu/femc
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A summary of the latest USDA Forest Inventory and Analysis data for the state of Vermont. The network of randomly distributed inventory plots are designed to capture broad temporal changes in the condition of the nation’s forest resource. Spatial coverages of species distribution, extent of forest cover and biomass compliment the yearly data summaries to capture an unbiased estimated of the state of Vermont's forests.
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- Randall Morin: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
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- dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Vermont Forest Cover
- dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 1983-01-01
- dataset_eml_datatabledescription: The percent forest cover for Vermont, as estimated through the FIA program using the estimated forestland area (acres) divided by the estimated sampled area (acres), multiplied by 100%.
- dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: Estimate change in forest cover in Vermont.
- dateset_eml_datatableshortname: Z0311_2480_M1PWNZ
- dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.311.2480
- dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
- dataset_eml_datatablecitation: US Forest Service. Ongoing. Forest Inventory and Analysis Database, St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. [Available only on internet: http://apps.fs.fed.us/fiadb-downloads/datamart.html]
- dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/federal-forest-inventory-analysis-data-for/dataset/forest-cover
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- dataset_eml_attributelistname: Forest_cover_%
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Forest_cover_%
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- dataset_eml_attributelistname: Year
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Year
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: date
- dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: datetime
- dataset_eml_attributelistformatstring: YYYY
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