Form 5a - ICP Forests

Part V
4.9 Assessment of Growth and Increment
4.9.1 XX2009.PLI
Contents of reduced plotfile to be used for increment
Each data file has to start with a comment line. This line starts with an exclamation
mark:
!Sequence, country, plot, date, latitude, longitude, sample_plot_size, trees_growth,
other_observations
Column Description
Format Ref_Tab Item
#
1 – 4 Sequence number of plots (1 to 9999) I 4
6 – 7 Country code (France = 01, Belgium = 02, etc.) I 2 X (1)
9 – 12 Plot number (maximum 9999) I 4 (2)
14 – 19 Date of observation in DDMMYY (e.g. 220694) Date (3)
21 – 27 Latitude in +DDMMSS (e.g. + 501027) C 7 (4)
29 – 35 Longitude in + or –DDMMSS (e.g. – 011532) C 7 (4)
37 – 42
44 – 48
Skipped (please leave those digits empty):
Total plot size in hectares (maximum 9.9999 ha) F 6 (16)
Skipped (please leave those digits empty):
Number of all trees in total plot
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I 5 (17)
50 – 55 Growth plot size in hectares F 6 (16)
Number of all standing trees (living and newly I 5
dead trees) in Growth plot. The total number of
trees (shoots in coppice forests) in the growth plot.
All trees (shoots) from 5 (3) cm (DBH) and more
57 – 61 are counted.
63 – 102 Other observations (text) C 40 (84)
4.9.2 XX2009.IPM
Contents of file with increment information – periodic
measurements
Each data file has to start with a comment line. This line starts with an exclamation
mark:
!Sequence, plot, tree, tree_species, diameter, diameter2, bark, height, volume,
crown_base_height, crown_width, removal, other_observations
Item
Column Description
Format Ref_Tab
#
1 – 5 Sequence number records (1 to
99999) I 5
Mandatory
7 – 10 plot number (maximum 9999) I 4 (2) Mandatory