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Geoprocessing Services for the Estimation of Ecosystem Services Christine E. Blinn1, Randolph H. Wynne1, Valerie A. Thomas1, Paige M. Baldassaro1, Laura D. Roghair1, S. Seth Peery1, E.L. (Buck) Kline2, and Melanie Seigler2 1 Virginia Tech 2 Virginia Department of Forestry
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Ecosystem Services Calculators • Background • InFOREST – web application • MEASURES – geoprocessing services
- Air Quality - Biodiversity - Carbon Sequestration - Nutrient and Sediment Runoff - Open Lands
• Summary
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• State, federal, and NGO interdisciplinary leadership team led by VDoF
• Multiple organizations at Virginia Tech: - Biological Systems Engineering - CEARS - Conservation Management Institute - Enterprise GIS - Forest Modeling Cooperative - Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation - Geospatial & Environmental Analysis Program
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Background: Vision Web-based user
Interface
What-if?
Other Inputs
HUC/County Selection
Land Cover & Use
Land Management
Climate
Tract-scale Boundary or
Remote Sensing
Water
Carbon
Biodiversity
Air
Open Lands
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InFOREST Interface: inforest.frec.vt.edu
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InFOREST - Technical Details • Web application built with ArcGIS Server JavaScript API
• Geoprocessing and map services are ArcGIS Server 10.x REST services - Uses Python wrappers for legacy DLLs - Models used within GP services include i-Tree Eco, GWLF, FVS and FASTLOB
• Data resides in a fGDB on ArcGIS Server
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MEASURES- Geoprocessing Services
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Air Quality • Inputs
- project area (drawn on map) or county/city (selected from map or drop-down list)
- changes to current and/or expected forest cover (deciduous and evergreen)
• Outputs - amount of each air pollutant, CO, SO2, O3, NO2, and PM10, removed by the current and expected forest cover (output from i-Tree Eco)
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Air Quality - Interface
OR project area
OR draw a project area on the map
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Air Quality – Chart Output
A decrease in forest area results from the proposed road project thus yielding a reduction in the pounds per year of each pollutant removed. Results for project area within Sussex County.
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Air Quality – Report Output
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Biodiversity • Inputs
- 6th level hydrologic unit (HU)/watershed or project area
- Select the wildlife database used in diversity calculations (both provided by the Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries (VDGIF))
- Geographic Points: 332,844 wildlife sightings of 1163 unique species
- Biota of Virginia: includes above plus non-spatially referenced sightings of a total of 3319 unique species
- If desired, watershed for beta diversity
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Biodiversity - Expected project area vegetation type
• Outputs - Alpha diversity (# of unique species) - Impact on alpha diversity from veg change - Beta diversity (between 2 HUs)
- Whittaker’s measure - Sorensen’s Similarity Index (0 to 1)
- Guild Diversity (Bird Response Guilds) - Warning if there are any species of concern within the HUs selected
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Biodiversity - Interface
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Biodiversity - Interface
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Biodiversity – Report Header
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Biodiversity – Alpha Diversity
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Biodiversity – Alpha Diversity
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Biodiversity – Beta Diversity
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Biodiversity – Guild Diversity
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Biodiversity – Guild Diversity
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Carbon Sequestration • Inputs
- Stand size or draw a project area - Stand composition (hardwood, pine or mixed) which determines the model used
- Stand characteristics - Hardwood or mixed (FVS model):
- Basal area or dominant height - Pine (FASTLOB model):
- Site index or dominant height (pine) - Trees per acre - Stand age
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Carbon Sequestration
- Basal area (optional) - Growth information (optional)
- Number of years to grow (both) - Fertilization (pine)
- Age at fertilization - Rate of nitrogen (lbs/ac) - Whether to apply phosphorus
- Thinning (pine) - Age at thinning - Row removal rate or thin to basal area
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Carbon Sequestration
• Outputs - Metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent sequestered within current and future stand (also includes removals if thin option selected, for pine only)
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Carbon Sequestration - FVS
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Carbon Sequestration - FASTLOB
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Carbon Sequestration - FASTLOB
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Carbon Sequestration – Chart 1
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Carbon Sequestration - FVS
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Carbon Sequestration – Chart 2
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Carbon Sequestration - FASTLOB
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Nutrient and Sediment Runoff
• Inputs - 6th level hydrologic unit (HU)/watershed or project area
- changes to 13 classes of current and/or expected land use/ land cover
• Outputs - Current and/or expected changes to watershed loads of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment (lbs or tons/yr)
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Nutrient and Sediment Runoff
OR project area
OR draw a project area on the map
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Nutrient and Sediment Runoff
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Nutrient and Sediment Runoff
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Nutrient and Sediment Runoff
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Nutrient and Sediment Runoff
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Nutrient and Sediment Runoff
The nitrogen load increased significantly while the phosphorus and sediment loads decreased slightly.
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Open Lands • Inputs
- Project area (drawn on map) - Classification system*
- Farmland or - Land capability
- Select classes of interest from above - Slope* cutoff value (selects any map unit > or = specified value)
* Based on SSURGO data
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Open Lands • Outputs
- Area of AOI classified as Open - Area of AOI that meets user selected criteria (classification choices and slope)
- Area of AOI that meets user selected criteria and is classified as Open
- Area of AOI in each of 4 riparian buffers (35’, 50’, 100’, and 200’)
- Area within each riparian buffer that is open, other, selected, not selected, open selected or other selected
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Open Lands - Interface
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Open Lands - Interface
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Open Lands – Chart 1 Output
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Open Lands – Chart 2 Output
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Open Lands – Report Output
Total area of AOI = 220.93
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Open Lands – Report Output
Example report output with inaccurate numbers.
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Open Lands – Report Output
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Open Lands – Display Output
AOI is in red and open, riparian (200’) and selected area is in purple.
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Summary
• Web-based calculators designed for use by land owners, land managers, and planners
• Both land use and land management scenarios supported
• Focus on tract-level information • Best-of-breed modular model approach • Could be expanded beyond Virginia
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