Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

New York City Watershed Lands Forest Stand Delination: Forest Stand Delineation

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    Delineation data of forest stands in watershed lands located to the east and west of the Hudson River, NY. Stand delineation data are updated routinely as new lands are acquired and as stand boundaries change due to a shift in forest structure (e.g., management activities, disturbance). Variables collected for each forest stand are land cover (Anderson 1979 methodology) and area.

People

  • Gennaro Falco: Principal Investigator

  • Ethan Pierce: Principal Investigator

  • Joy Damon: Content Provider

Keywords

  • catskills, forest, forest stand, new york, new york city,

Organizations

  • NYC Department of Environmental Protection : lead

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Forest Stand Delineation
    • Start Date: 2003-01-01
    • Description: Forest stand delineation on NYC watershed lands for east and west of the Hudson River. Stand delineation is updated routinely as new lands are acquired and as stand boundaries change due to a shift in forest structure (e.g., management activities, disturbance). Data collected are Stand ID, land cover (following Anderson 1979 methods), and area (acres, determined by GIS). Major updates in 2003, 2010, 2016. Stand data relates back to Forest Inventory Data. Data is maintained regularly.

    • Purpose: The purpose of this project is to delineate NYCDEP forest stands for forest management.

    • Condensed Title:

    • Object Name: VMC.1281.2542

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Falco, G. (Ongoing) Forest Stand Delineation. NYCDEP.

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/NYC_DEP_forest_stand_delineation/dataset/forest-stand-delineation-nyc

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Stand_ID
      • Label: Stand ID
      • Description: Unique stand identifier
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: LandCover
      • Label: Land Cover
      • Description: Land cover type determined using Anderson (1976) methodology
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Acres
      • Label: Acres
      • Description: Acres of stand determined by GIS
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Unit: acre
      • Number Type: -1

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset