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Emma Tait

Organization: Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)

Affiliations: Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative, (FEMC)


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Biography

Emma was a Data Scientist for the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) from 2016-2022, with a brief hiatus for a master’s degree. She first joined FEMC as a student GIS technician, moved into a full time GIS analyst position working with regional partners standardizing and aggregating Forest Health data, and then filled the FEMC Data Scientist position. As a Data Scientist she provided analytical, scripting, web development, spatial analysis, and data modeling support as well as maintained FEMC’s online mapping portals, services and custom code.


List of Projects

Project Role Start End
EPSCOR Vegetative Phenology Metric DataParticipant 2015-09-01 2016-12-31
Northeastern Regional Aerial Detection Surveys and Insect and Disease SurveysParticipant 2016-06-02 2018-04-30
Quantifying the Economic Impacts of Invasive Forest Pests and Diseases in Urban AreasProject Lead/Principal Investigator 2020-02-25 2020-02-26
Assessing the risk of invasive plant introductions at trailheads in the Adirondack Park, NYParticipant 2019-08-01 2020-01-31

Documents

Name Date Authors Type
Technical Report: Monitoring and Communicating Changes in Disturbance Regimes (Version 1.0)1634270400Jennifer Pontius, James Duncan, Emma Tait, Matthias Sirch, Nancy Voorhis, Alyx Belisle, Pia Ruisi-Besares, Elissa SchuettReport
TAIT Photo1606885200Emma TaitDocument
Standardized Spatial Datasets for Exploring the Connection Between Forest Cover and Water Quality in the Northeast1601438400James Duncan, David Gudex-Cross, Emma TaitReport
Forest-Water Spatial Data Inventory Processing Scripts1601352000James Duncan, David Gudex-Cross, Emma TaitOther Documents
Inventory of moderate and intensive timber clearings detected via remote sensing in New Hampshire between 2000 and 2018 (Version 1.1)1594612800Alexandra Kosiba, James Duncan, Emma TaitReport
Northeastern Forest Regeneration Data Network Methods Assessment V1.01594094400Alexandra Kosiba, James Duncan, Emma Tait, Julia Pupko, Alyx BelisleOther Documents
Northeastern Forest Regeneration Data Network V1.0 Final Report1594094400Alexandra Kosiba, James Duncan, Emma Tait, Julia Pupko, Alyx BelisleReport
Threats to the Urban Forest: The potential economic impacts of invasive forest pests and diseases in the Northeast1591761600Alexandra Kosiba, James Duncan, Emma Tait, Clarke Cooper, Gene Desideraggio, Alyx BelisleReport
Scripts for invasive species and trip data processing and analysis1580446800Emma TaitOther Documents
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TAIT Photo1548219600Emma TaitDocument
TAIT Photo1548219600Emma TaitDocument
Northeastern Forest Health Atlas - Technical Report1536638400William Keeton, Jennifer Pontius, Alexandra Kosiba, James Duncan, Emma Tait, Garrett MeigsReport
Massachusetts Forest Health Mapping Standardization, Analysis and Access: Final Report1485493200James Duncan, Emma TaitPublication
New York Forest Health Mapping Digitization, Analysis and Access: Final Report1476417600James Duncan, Emma TaitAnnual Report
New York Forest Health Mapping Digitization, Analysis and Access1475553600James Duncan, Emma TaitReport