Software
- ANRAD:
- Estimates potential direct and diffuse radiation at 120 meter resolution grid for target days of interest.
- Citation:
- Greenland, David 1996. Potential Solar Radiation at the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Interim Report PNW 93-0477. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 39 p (Pub No: 2240).
- BIOPAK:
- Calculates the biomass, area, height, length, or volume of plant components (leaves, branches, stem, crown, and roots) using existing prediction equations.
- Citation:
- Means, Joseph E., Heather A. Hansen, Greg J. Koerper, Paul B. Alaback, Mark W. Klopsch. 1994. Software for computing plant biomass--BIOPAK users guide. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-340. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 184 p (Pub No: 1659).
- Offers a comprehensive choice of landscape metrics to quantify landscape structure. Separate versions exist for vector and raster images.
- Citation:
- McGarigal, Kevin; Marks, Barbara J. 1995. FRAGSTATS: spatial pattern analysis program for quantifying landscape structure. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-351. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 122 p (Pub No: 1538).
- SOLARRAD:
- Estimates the solar radiation input to a site based on its latitude, elevation, aspect, slope, and cloud cover.
- Citation:
- Harmon, Mark E.; Marks, Barbara J. 1995. Programs to Estimate the Solar Radiation for Ecosystem Models. Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University. Internal web report. 15p (Pub No: 4979).
- XSPRO:
- Analyzes stream channel cross-section data including stage-to-discharge relationships and changes in channel cross-sectional area.
- Citation:
- Version 3: Hardy, Thomas; Palavi Panja; and Dean Mathias. 2005. WinXSPRO, A Channel Cross Section Analyzer, User's Manual, Version 3.0. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-147. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 95 p.
- Version 2: USDA Forest Service, 1998. WinXSPRO, A Channel Cross-Section Analyzer, User’s Manual. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, unpublished manuscript.
- Version 1: Grant, Gordon E.; Duval, Joseph E.; Koerper, Greg J.; Fogg, James L. 1992. XSPRO: a channel cross-section analyzer. Tech. Note 387. Denver, CO: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Forest Service. 53 p (Pub No: 1418).