GIS-9: NATURAL RESOURCES: VEGETATION APPLICATIONS

Order No:

GIS-9

Total Length:

140 minutes



Global Vegetation Change in Complex Topography: A Colorado Prototype Study

Reference No:

GIS 9-1

Description of a multivariate statistical model that relates spatially complicated patterns of vegetation and topography for the state of Colorado, with emphasis on the scale dependence of the phenomena and their relationships. Items studied were: (1) spatial structure of the phenomena using multi-fractal models; (2) multivariate relationships among measures of spatial structures and, (3) the implications of the results for such global change research problems as spatial sampling, land modeling and quantitative process measurement, description and integration.

Lecturer:

  • Lee de Cola, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

29 minutes

Suggested
Presentations:

GIS-18-2

 

Utilizing GIS Technology for Combining Regional Vegetation Maps

Reference No:

GIS 9-2

Demonstration of the use of potential vegetation maps to add floristic detail to satellite-derived maps of vegetation structure for improved modeling of ecological and biophysical processes.

Lecturer:

  • Brean W. Duncan, Department of Geography, University of California

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

23 minutes

 

Integration Of Laser Disk Videography With GIS For Conservation Program Management

Reference No:

GIS 9-3

Describes the procedures, costs and benefits of using analog videodisk technology to store and access USDA-ASCS 35mm aerial slides for rural conservation program management. Techniques for integrating GIS database query and graphic display functions with videodisk operation are also presented.

Lecturer:

  • Peter Thum, Land Information & Computer Graphics Facility, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

34 minutes

 

Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing for Monitoring the Rate and Direction for Spread of Oakwilt in Central Texas

Reference No:

GIS 9-4

Oakwilt symptoms leave distinct signatures on color infra-red aerial photographs. Use of sequential aerial surveys can provide data on oakwilt disease trends. A GIS system was used to compare the rates of spread in urban and rural settings and to assess the potential for the system to determine the influence of environmental factors, e.g. site or stand characteristics, on pathogen spread.

Lecturer:

  • Charles Ware, Remote Sensing/GIS Laboratory,
    Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A & M University

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

21 minutes

Suggested
Presentations:

GIS-19-1, GIS-36-4

 

From Research to Production: Using GIS and Image Processing to Map Vegetation on 30 Million Acres of National Forest Land

Reference No:

GIS 9-5

In 1988, the Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service initiated a program to build a GIS database for all National Forests in the Region. Development of the data base has been contracted to Pacific Meridian Resources. Up to 14 data layers include slope, aspect, elevation, location of research plots, hydrology, flight line map, species, stand structure, tree size, old growth, and vegetation type polygons.
Methods and results are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the transferring technologies from research to production.

Lecturer:

  • Kass Green, Pacific Meridian Resources, Emeryville, CA

Suitability for
Level of
Instruction:

  • University (Undergraduate)
  • Advanced Research
  • Professional

Duration:

24 minutes

Year of
Presentation:

1990

Suggested
Presentations:

GIS-6-2, GIS-12-1, GIS-12-2

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