The FORE-SCE model: Land Use Modeling ... - Farm Foundation
The FORE-SCE model: Land Use Modeling ... - Farm Foundation
The FORE-SCE model: Land Use Modeling ... - Farm Foundation
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Historical <strong>Land</strong> Cover Reconstruction<br />
A modified Kuchler’s<br />
Potential Natural Vegetation<br />
(PNV) is used to represent<br />
pre-settlement (~1650)<br />
~1920 chosen as it<br />
represents the period where<br />
agricultural activity reached<br />
a peak in much of the U.S.,<br />
with eastern forests greatly<br />
reduced<br />
A cartographic <strong>model</strong>ing<br />
process used to reconstruct<br />
1920s land cover, using:<br />
PNV<br />
County Ag stats<br />
Census Data<br />
Other historical data sources<br />
USGS EROS Data Center
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