Title:Forest stand age map of Canada (2011) and the United States (2006 & 2011) GIS Label

Author:

Pan, Yude ;  Birdsey, Richard ;  McCullough, Kevin ;  Bernier, Pierre Y. ;  Beaudoin, Andrè ;  Villemaire, Philippe ;  Guindon, Luc

Publication Year:

2015

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Pan, Yude; Birdsey, Richard; McCullough, Kevin; Bernier, Pierre Y.; Beaudoin, Andrè; Villemaire, Philippe; Guindon, Luc. 2015. Forest stand age map of Canada (2011) and the United States (2006 & 2011). Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0043

Abstract:

This data publication contains an update for the 2006 Continental United States (CONUS) and Alaska to the first continental forest stand age map of North America. A new map for 2011 covering Alaska, CONUS and Canada has been produced. It was made by combining forest inventory data, historical fire data, optical satellite data and other disturbance/forest change products that have become available after the original product was published. A companion map of the standard deviations for age estimates, developed for quantifying uncertainty, is also included.

Keywords:

forest stand age; stand age; FIA plot data; North American Forest Dynamics Project; MTBS; LANDFIRE Public Events Database; FHTET; bark beetle mortality; Alaska fire history; biota; environment; geoscientificInformation; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Plant ecology; North America; Canada; United States

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  • RDS-2015-0043_Data_2006.zip (46.90 MB)
  • RDS-2015-0043_Data_2011.zip (293.37 MB)

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