NRIS FSVEG NRIS FSVEG Data TranslationData Translation

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Forest Vegetation SimulatorForest Vegetation Simulator

ConferenceConferenceRichard TeckRichard Teck

A Decade Ago…….A Decade Ago…….

• In 1997, the Forest Service set out on a significant undertaking to:– Set agency wide standards for natural

resource information• Data collection• Data storage• Data management

– What emerged was something called NRIS

The NRIS StoryThe NRIS Story

• What is NRIS– Set of databases and

tools for• Vegetation• Soils & Geology• Air & Water• Fauna• Threatened,

Endangered, Sensitive (TES)

• Invasives• Social & Economic

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• Field Sampled Vegetation (FSVeg) Module– Oracle database to store data from:

• Stand Examinations (CSE)• Grid based strategic inventories• Permanent re-measured inventory plots• Special insect & disease surveys

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• Common Stand Exam (CSE)– National consistency for

stand examinations • Collection protocols

• Standard code sets

• Common storage format

• National CSE user Guide

• National Portable Data Recorder (PDR) software

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• Stores Information for– Settings (stands/plots)– Trees– Fuels– Understory vegetation– Surface cover– Site productivity– Insect & pathogens– Sample designs

NRIS FSVEG TimelineNRIS FSVEG Timeline

• First Official Release– March 2000– Version 1.4.0

• Nine Releases• Latest Release

– Version 1.7– January, 2005

• Future Release– Version 1.8– FS-NITC– June, 2007– National Data Center

Process Creates FVS input filesProcess Creates FVS input files

• Fsveg_fvs.mdb• Suppose.loc• Fsveg.kcp• Fsveg.slf

Where is NRIS FSVEG Headed?Where is NRIS FSVEG Headed?

FS-NITC and I-WebFS-NITC and I-Web

• National Data Center in Kansas City

• Entire Agency’s data in one physical location

• Virtual Private Database (VPD)

• E-Authentication

• Change Management– Should be easier/quicker to incorporate

changes (fixes, enhancements, etc…)

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