Dataset of timberland variables used to assess forest conditions in two Southeastern United States' fuelsheds

Parish, Esther S.; Dale, Virginia H.; Tobin, Emma; Kline, Keith L.

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2017.05.048

Title: Dataset of timberland variables used to assess forest conditions in two Southeastern United States' fuelsheds

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The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “How is wood-based pellet production affecting forest conditions in the southeastern United States?” (Dale et al., 2017). This article describes how United States Forest Service (USFS) Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data from multiple state inventories were aggregated and used to extract ten annual timberland variables for trend analysis in two case study bioenergy fuelshed areas. This dataset is made publically available to enable critical or extended analyses of changes in forest conditions, either for the fuelshed areas supplying the ports of Savannah, Georgia and Chesapeake, Virginia, or for other southeastern US forested areas contributing biomass to the export wood pellet industry.

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Parish, Esther S. ^[1]; Dale, Virginia H. ^[1]; Tobin, Emma ^[2]; Kline, Keith L. ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Environmental Sciences Division. Center for BioEnergy Sustainability; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). College of Arts and Sciences

Publication Date:: Sat May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office

OSTI Identifier:: 1364326

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Data in Brief

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 2352-3409

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; bioenergy; wood pellets; sustainability; forest management; renewable energy

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                    Parish, Esther S., Dale, Virginia H., Tobin, Emma, and Kline, Keith L. Dataset of timberland variables used to assess forest conditions in two Southeastern United States' fuelsheds.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Parish, Esther S., Dale, Virginia H., Tobin, Emma, & Kline, Keith L. Dataset of timberland variables used to assess forest conditions in two Southeastern United States' fuelsheds.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.05.048

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  title        = {Dataset of timberland variables used to assess forest conditions in two Southeastern United States' fuelsheds},

  author       = {Parish, Esther S. and Dale, Virginia H. and Tobin, Emma and Kline, Keith L.},

  abstractNote = {The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled “How is wood-based pellet production affecting forest conditions in the southeastern United States?” (Dale et al., 2017). This article describes how United States Forest Service (USFS) Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data from multiple state inventories were aggregated and used to extract ten annual timberland variables for trend analysis in two case study bioenergy fuelshed areas. This dataset is made publically available to enable critical or extended analyses of changes in forest conditions, either for the fuelshed areas supplying the ports of Savannah, Georgia and Chesapeake, Virginia, or for other southeastern US forested areas contributing biomass to the export wood pellet industry.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.dib.2017.05.048},

  journal      = {Data in Brief},

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  volume       = 13,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Sat May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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