Zhiliang Zhu, Ph.D. (Former Employee)
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Mapping existing vegetation composition and structure for the LANDFIRE Prototype Project Mapping existing vegetation composition and structure for the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
The Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Prototype Project, or LANDFIRE Prototype Project, required the mapping of existing vegetation composition (cover type) and structural stages at a 30-m spatial resolution to provide baseline vegetation data for the development of wildland fuel maps and for comparison to simulated historical vegetation reference conditions to...
Authors
Zhiliang Zhu, James Vogelmann, Donald O. Ohlen, Jay R. Kost, Xuexia Chen, Brian L. Tolk
An overview of the LANDFIRE Prototype Project An overview of the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
This chapter describes the background and design of the Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Prototype Project, or LANDFIRE Prototype Project, which was a sub-regional, proof-of-concept effort designed to develop methods and applications for providing the high-resolution data (30-m pixel) needed to support wildland fire management and to implement the National Fire Plan...
Authors
Robert E. Keane, Zhiliang Zhu, James P. Menakis
Perspectives on LANDFIRE Prototype Project accuracy assessment Perspectives on LANDFIRE Prototype Project accuracy assessment
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a general overview of the many aspects of accuracy assessment pertinent to the Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Prototype Project (LANDFIRE Prototype Project). The LANDFIRE Prototype formed a large and complex research and development project with many broad-scale data sets and products developed throughout its various stages...
Authors
James Vogelmann, Zhiliang Zhu, Jay R. Kost, Brian L. Tolk, Donald O. Ohlen
Executive summary Executive summary
Geospatial data describing wildland fuel and current as well as historical vegetation conditions are essential for planning, implementing, and monitoring projects supported by the National Fire Plan and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Scientifically credible, consistent, and standardized spatial data allow fire and land managers to accurately identify the amount and locations of...
Authors
Matthew G. Rollins, Robert E. Keane, Zhiliang Zhu
LANDFIRE: Collaboration for National Fire Fuel Assessment LANDFIRE: Collaboration for National Fire Fuel Assessment
The implementation of national fire management policies, such as the National Fire Plan and the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, requires geospatial data of vegetation types and structure, wildland fuels, fire risks, and ecosystem fire regime conditions. Presently, no such data sets are available that can meet these requirements. As a result, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
Authors
Zhi-Liang Zhu
Integrating habitat status, human population pressure, and protection status into biodiversity conservation priority setting Integrating habitat status, human population pressure, and protection status into biodiversity conservation priority setting
Priority setting is an essential component of biodiversity conservation. Existing methods to identify priority areas for conservation have focused almost entirely on biological factors. We suggest a new relative ranking method for identifying priority conservation areas that integrates both biological and social aspects. It is based on the following criteria: the habitat's status, human...
Authors
Hua Shi, Ashbindu Singh, S. Kant, Zhiliang Zhu, E. Waller
Science and Products
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Mapping existing vegetation composition and structure for the LANDFIRE Prototype Project Mapping existing vegetation composition and structure for the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
The Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Prototype Project, or LANDFIRE Prototype Project, required the mapping of existing vegetation composition (cover type) and structural stages at a 30-m spatial resolution to provide baseline vegetation data for the development of wildland fuel maps and for comparison to simulated historical vegetation reference conditions to...
Authors
Zhiliang Zhu, James Vogelmann, Donald O. Ohlen, Jay R. Kost, Xuexia Chen, Brian L. Tolk
An overview of the LANDFIRE Prototype Project An overview of the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
This chapter describes the background and design of the Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Prototype Project, or LANDFIRE Prototype Project, which was a sub-regional, proof-of-concept effort designed to develop methods and applications for providing the high-resolution data (30-m pixel) needed to support wildland fire management and to implement the National Fire Plan...
Authors
Robert E. Keane, Zhiliang Zhu, James P. Menakis
Perspectives on LANDFIRE Prototype Project accuracy assessment Perspectives on LANDFIRE Prototype Project accuracy assessment
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a general overview of the many aspects of accuracy assessment pertinent to the Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Prototype Project (LANDFIRE Prototype Project). The LANDFIRE Prototype formed a large and complex research and development project with many broad-scale data sets and products developed throughout its various stages...
Authors
James Vogelmann, Zhiliang Zhu, Jay R. Kost, Brian L. Tolk, Donald O. Ohlen
Executive summary Executive summary
Geospatial data describing wildland fuel and current as well as historical vegetation conditions are essential for planning, implementing, and monitoring projects supported by the National Fire Plan and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Scientifically credible, consistent, and standardized spatial data allow fire and land managers to accurately identify the amount and locations of...
Authors
Matthew G. Rollins, Robert E. Keane, Zhiliang Zhu
LANDFIRE: Collaboration for National Fire Fuel Assessment LANDFIRE: Collaboration for National Fire Fuel Assessment
The implementation of national fire management policies, such as the National Fire Plan and the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, requires geospatial data of vegetation types and structure, wildland fuels, fire risks, and ecosystem fire regime conditions. Presently, no such data sets are available that can meet these requirements. As a result, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
Authors
Zhi-Liang Zhu
Integrating habitat status, human population pressure, and protection status into biodiversity conservation priority setting Integrating habitat status, human population pressure, and protection status into biodiversity conservation priority setting
Priority setting is an essential component of biodiversity conservation. Existing methods to identify priority areas for conservation have focused almost entirely on biological factors. We suggest a new relative ranking method for identifying priority conservation areas that integrates both biological and social aspects. It is based on the following criteria: the habitat's status, human...
Authors
Hua Shi, Ashbindu Singh, S. Kant, Zhiliang Zhu, E. Waller