Benchmarking and Calibration of Forest Vegetation Simulator Individual Tree Attribute Predictions Across the Northeastern United States

@article{Russell2013BenchmarkingAC,
  title={Benchmarking and Calibration of Forest Vegetation Simulator Individual Tree Attribute Predictions Across the Northeastern United States},
  author={Matthew B. Russell and Aaron R. Weiskittel and John A. Kershaw},
  journal={Northern Journal of Applied Forestry},
  year={2013},
  volume={30},
  pages={75-84}
}
This study used permanent sample plot data from the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis database to benchmark and calibrate three key submodels of the Forest Vegetation Simulator-Northeast variant (FVS-NE). Model predictions for total tree height (ht) and 5-year diameter (dbh5) and height increment (ht5) for the 20 most abundant species did not indicate any serious spatial trends. FVS-NE predictions for total ht performed moderately well, as mean bias averaged 0.9 5.2 ft (mean… 
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