WHAT KIND OF REMOTE SENSING DO YOU NEED? Searching for the right type of imagery to use for your inventory/monitoring project? Check out Pacific Meridian's Image Advisor at http://www.xmission.com/~pmrslc/html/index.html. This site helps you select the imagery sources available for automated classification based upon your spatial resolution, areal extent of analysis, spectral resolution and temporal resolution needs.

See also the Multispectral Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale - http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/niirs_ms/msiirs.htm and the Civil National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale - http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/niirs_c/index.html

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I am compiling a listing of your favorite or most used web sites for forest resource inventory and monitoring needs. What I am looking for are sites which cover thematic aspects of assessments and inventories, techniques, updates on major issues. Clearing house type sites that have lots of maps or glossaries and databases are also be helpful. If you have one or two favorite sites that you use frequently and would like to share, please send me the URL directly. I would also be interested in knowing your top two inventory, remote sensing or GIS favorite publications. We will 'publish' both listings in a future FIU. Thanks, Gyde (gklund@worldnet.att.net).

PUBLICATIONS

Beek, K.J. et al. 1997. Land information and land evaluation for land use planning and sustainable land management. The Land 1(1):27-44. Abstract at: http://www.nri.org/collabfra.htm

Benton R.A.; Pettersen, K.M. 1999. Automated environmental monitoring and
database management: Fantasies and realities. For. Chron. 75:483-486.

Dubois, J-M, et al. n.d. La realite de terrain en teledection: pratiques et methodes. Proceedings of the Journees scientifiques de Saint-Foy 1997. Actualite Scientifique. ISBN 2-920021-84-2. 346 p. Contact: Reseau Teledetection de l'AUPELF-UREF CARTEL, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1. Price 50 Can$.

Grigaliûnas J. 1997. The method of forest stand classification by growth types. Baltic Forestry 3(1):10-14.

Kraak, Menno-Jan. 1999. Modernised map-making. GEOEurope 8(6):20-21. http://www.ge.geoplace.com

Lee, J.T. et al. 1999. The role of GIS in landscape assessment: using land-use-based criteria for an area of the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Land Use Policy 16(1): 23-32.

Nabuurs, G.J. et al. 1999. Resolving issues on terrestrial biosphere sinks in the Kyoto Protocol. Report No. 410 200 0300. 100 p. Dutch National Research Programme on Global Air Pollution and Climate Change, Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

Nagendra, H.; Gadgil, M. 1999. Satellite imagery as a tool for monitoring species
diversity: an assessment. Journal of Applied Ecology 36(3):388-397.

Prueller, R. 1997. Comparative study on terminology related to forest resources assessment - Terms and definitions. 51 p. International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, c/o Federal Forest Research Centre, Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, A-1131 Vienna, Austria.

Ridgway, R. W. 1997. Applications of large-scale aerial photographs in participatory land use planning in rural Ethiopia. The Land 1(1):67-74.

Ringvall, A.; Stahl, G. 1999. Field aspects of line intersect sampling for assessing coarse woody debris. Forest Ecology and Management 119(1-3):163-170.

McWilliam, Fiona. 1999. A new species of tracker. GEOEurope 8(6):24-27. http://www.ge.geoplace.com

Stellingwert, Donald A.; Hussin, Yousif A. n.d. Measurements and estimations of forest stand parameters using remote sensing. 272 p. ISBN 90-6764-251-7.VSP Scientific Publishers, Zeist, The Netherlands. Price 95US$. See http://www.vsppub.com.

Tewari, V.P.; Von Gadow, K. 1999. Modelling the relationship between tree diameters and heights using SBB distribution. Forest Ecology and Management 119(1-3):171-176.

MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, ETC.

24 June 1999. Fire in the Boreal Forests of Russia and Poland--a cooperative research program on fire mapping and fire effects. Seminar - Washington, DC. USA. Speakers: Susan G. Conard, US Forest Service, Galina Ivanova and Anatoly Sukhinin, Sukachev Institute of Forests, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Donald Cahoon, NASA Langley Research Center. Location: Franklin Court Bld., 1099 14th St. NW Suite 5500W (near McPherson Square Metro). Time: 11:30 am

26 June - 1 July 1999. Science for the Twenty-first Century: A New Commitment. Budapest, Hungary. UNESCO World Conference. See: http://www.unesco.org/general/eng/programmes/science/wcs/index.htm

23 July 1999. ISPRS-EARSeL workshop on "Environment and remote sensing for sustainable development" at UNISPACE III. Contact: Lawrence.W.Fritz@LMCo.com

22-24 September 1999. VIII Spanish national congress on remote sensing. Albacete, Spain. See: http://www.idr-ab.uclm.es/ide/defaultviii.htm.

20-22 October 1999. International Symposium: Remote Sensing and integrated technologies. Istanbul, Turkey. Contact: Nebiye Musaodlu, Remote Sensing Division, Istanbul Technical University. Fax: +90-212-285-6587.

25-27 October 1999. Pecora 14: Land satellite information III: Demonstrating the value of satellite imagery. Contact: Kass Green, Pacific Meridian Resources, 5915 Hollis Street, Building B., Emeryville, CA 94606 USA. Tel: +1-510-654-6980. Fax: +1-510-654-5774. Email: kgreen@pacificmeridian.com. URL: http://www.asprs.org/satellite_imaging_conference.

22-24 November 1999. Recent Advances on Oak Health in Europe. Warsaw, Poland. Organised by Forest Research Institute in Warsaw (FRI). Co-organised with European Forest Institute (EFI). The aims of the conference are to
1. Interdisciplinary recapitulation of the international research done so far
2. State of the art of European oak stands health, vitality and the prognosis of oak silviculture in Europe under changing environmental conditions
3. Exchange of knowledge on implemented forest economic operations in order
to overcome oak decline phenomenon problems. For more information contact: Dr. Tomasz Oszako - Phytopathology Section of the Forest Research Institute, Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920r No 3, 00-973 Warsaw, Poland. Tel. +48 22 846-46-60 ext.. 421 Mobile +48 604 849391 Fax. +48 22 8462016. Email: oszakot@ibles.waw.pl. URL: http://www.ibles.waw.pl

6-10 December 1999. Promote space technology transfer and geomatics education in Africa. Cotonou, Benin. Contact: Mr. Vincent J. Mama, CENATEL, O6 BP 711, Cotonou, Benin. Tel: +229-330380. Fax: +229-331956.

13-16 June 2000. 20th EARSeL Symposium - A decade of trans-European collaboration in remote sensing. University of Dresden, Germany. Contact: EARSeL Secretariat, 2 avenue Rapp, 75340 Paris Cedex 07, France. Tel: +33-1-45567360. Fax: +33-1-45567361. Email: earsel@meteo.fr. URL: http://www-earsel.cma.fr.

12-14 July 2000. ACCURACY 2000 - 4th International symposium on spatial accuracy assessment in natural resources and environmental sciences. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam, Netherlands. Tel: +31-20-525-7448. Fax: +31-20-525-7431. Email: accuracy@frw.uva.nl. URL: http://www.gis.wau.nl/Accuracy2000.

13-15 September 2000. 1st EARSeL Workshop on remote sensing for developing countries. Gent, Belgium. Contact: EARSeL Secretariat, 2 avenue Rapp, 75340 Paris Cedex 07, France. Tel: +33-1-45567360. Fax: +33-1-45567361. Email: earsel@meteo.fr. URL: http://www-earsel.cma.fr.

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Josh Foster announces that "AN EXPERIMENT IN THE APPLICATION OF CLIMATE FORECASTS: NOAA-OGP Activities Related to the 1997-98 El Nino Event" (including full color figures) is now available on the Website of the Office of Global Programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA) in PDF graphical format. This document is a summary of many of the activities undertaken regionally and internationally by the global community to forecast and prepare for the climate-related impacts of 1997-98 El Nino event: http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/enso/retro/ensodoc.htm

FOREST INFORMATION UPDATE 18 JUNE 1999

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