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FIA Biomass Need. A compatible system for biomass and volume estimation in FIADB to serve all users. Perspective. Over 70% of aboveground tree volume is in the bole, and…. Species All Volume Top 12 50% Top 35 75% Top 100 96% Other 765 4%. Knowledge.
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FIA Biomass Need A compatible system for biomass and volume estimation in FIADB to serve all users
Perspective Over 70% of aboveground tree volume is in the bole, and… SpeciesAll Volume Top 12 50% Top 35 75% Top 100 96% Other 765 4%
Knowledge FIA knows tree boles Jenkins et al. has tree component ratios
Best of both worlds Use FIA for bole volume Use Jenkins et al. for tree component ratios relative to the bole
Bottom line 80 years of FIA bole volume experience capitalized Jenkins et al. tree component experience capitalized Every tree in FIADB has compatible volume components You can do analysis on the tree component of choice You can cookie cut the FIADB with abandon reliably You can recast older FIA data for consistent trends
Caveats New system provides sound volume only as biomass characteristics of rotten cull are unknown New system under runs Jenkins et al. slightly (approx 3%) due mostly to cull exclusion New system will better capture trends if cull levels are not constant under climate change scenarios- which they likely will not be
To Date Prepared paper to update Jenkins specific gravities for national FIA list and added green and dry weight factors Prepared a paper to analyze and describe the new system called the Component Ratio Method (CRM) relative to Jenkins et al. approach Loaded the FIADB with new compatible component data using the CRM approach
More information? Mark Hansen will be making a presentation later today and at the Biometrics Group meeting