Modeled Potential Natural Vegetation Zones of Washington and Oregon

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Dr. Jan A Henderson, USDA Forest Service
Publication_Date: 20091203
Title:
Modeled Potential Natural Vegetation Zones of Washington and Oregon
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://ecoshare.info/category/gis-data/>
Description:
Abstract:
Modeled Potential Natural Vegetation Zones of Washington and Oregon
Purpose:
The concept of potential natural vegetation (PNV), the plant community reflecting the environmental capability of a land area, has proven vital to land management over the past 30 years. Rigorous, consistent, validated potential vegetation mapping, however, has remained a persistent need for land management agencies. The development of this dataset represents a new way to model and map PNV to help fulfill those requirements.
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Calendar_Date: 20091203
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.133136
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -113.229430
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.822802
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.610472
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Potential Natural Vegetation
Theme_Keyword: Vegetation zones
Theme_Keyword: Plant associations
Theme_Keyword: Environmental gradient
Theme_Keyword: Total annual precipitation
Theme_Keyword: Mean annual temperature
Theme_Keyword: Temperature lapse rate
Theme_Keyword: Cold air drainage
Theme_Keyword: Soil moisture index
Theme_Keyword: Topographic moisture
Theme_Keyword: Fog effect
Place:
Place_Keyword: Washington
Place_Keyword: Oregon
Place_Keyword: Pacific Northwest
Place_Keyword: Northwest
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robin Lesher
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service
Contact_Position: Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2930 Wetmore Ave, Suite 3A
City: Everett
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98201
Country: USA
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday
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Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Potential Vegetation Zone Model uses a set of algorithms to define the upper and lower elevational boundary for each vegetation zone (VZ) within each of 68 ecoregions in the model area (Washington and Oregon). The model algorithms are based on a suite of spatial environmental variables, including elevation, slope, aspect, temperature, precipitation, topographic position, cold air drainage and potential shortwave (i.e., solar) radiation. When the model is run for an ecoregion, the limiting elevation for each VZ boundary is generated and stored in a grid. The last step in the model compares the elevation of each pixel in the landscape to this grid of limiting values and determines which VZ corresponds to each pixel.
Process_Date: 3 December 2009
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dr. Jan A. Henderson
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service
Contact_Position: Area Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2930 Wetmore Ave, Suite 3A
City: Everett
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98201
Country: USA
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
Hours_of_Service: 8-5 M-F
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Process_Description: Metadata imported.
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Process_Date: 20100217
Process_Time: 09540200
Process_Step:
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Process_Date: 20100217
Process_Time: 09560600
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Process_Date: 20100222
Process_Time: 13590400

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Vertical_Count: 1

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Standard_Parallel: 43.000000
Standard_Parallel: 48.000000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.000000
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Tom DeMeo
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service
Contact_Position: Regional Ecologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 333 SW First Avenue
City: Portland
State_or_Province: Oregon
Postal_Code: 97204
Country: USA
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20100222
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Robin Lesher
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service
Contact_Position: Ecologist
Contact_Address:
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Address: 2930 Wetmore Ave, Suite 3A
City: Everett
State_or_Province: Washington
Postal_Code: 98201
Country: USA
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: [email protected]
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday
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