Provisional forest-biomass statistics for the 201-county Tennessee Valley region
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5537935
Aboveground green weights of biomass (i.e., wood, bark, and foliage) by forest component (i.e., merchantable trees, cull trees, understory, logging residue, and surplus growth) are presented for each county within the 201-county Tennessee Valley Region. Both total and per-acre weights are shown. Total biomass is estimated at nearly 3 billion green tons and averages 95.08 tons per acre of commercial forest. Maximum annual availability of forest biomass (AAB) is estimated to be 51 million green tons, or 1.7 percent of total biomass. Annual available biomass is defined as the upper limit of total aboveground gross green weight of wood, bark, and foliage that could theoretically be harvested annually for both energy and traditional products in the absence of any physical, socioeconomic, or environmental constraints, other than a 2.0 percent (annual compound rate) reserved growth for inventory buildup. Data sources, reliability, assumptions, conversion factors, and formulas are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Tennessee Valley Authority, Norris (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5537935
- Report Number(s):
- TVA-2902406; ON: DE82902406
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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