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New features added to EVALIDator: ratio estimation and county choropleth maps
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Year Published
2012
Publication
In: Morin, Randall S.; Liknes, Greg C., comps. Moving from status to trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2012; 2012 December 4-6; Baltimore, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-105. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. [CD-ROM]: 69-73.
Abstract
The EVALIDator Web application, developed in 2007, provides estimates and sampling errors for many user selected forest statistics from the Forest Inventory and Analysis Database (FIADB). Among the statistics estimated are forest area, number of trees, biomass, volume, growth, removals, and mortality. A new release of EVALIDator, developed in 2012, has an option to select two statistics and generate a ratio estimate of the pair. The new feature can estimate statistics such as volume or growth per acre or the growth to removals ratio. Also, the program now makes county choropleth maps of all estimates. We provide information on the data and methods used along with sample output from a simple query that demonstrates these new features.
Keywords
statistics; estimation; sampling; modeling; remote sensing; forest health; data integrity; environmental monitoring; cover estimation; international forest monitoringNote: This article is part of a larger document. View the larger document
Citation
Miles, Patrick D.; Hansen, Mark H. 2012. New features added to EVALIDator: ratio estimation and county choropleth maps. In: Morin, Randall S.; Liknes, Greg C., comps. Moving from status to trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2012; 2012 December 4-6; Baltimore, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-105. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. [CD-ROM]: 69-73.