Standard areas of analysis for use in the national park environmental settings monitoring protocol: 2018
Kinseth M and Nelson L. 2020. Standard areas of analysis for use in the national park environmental settings monitoring protocol: 2018. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/NRSS/NRDS—2020/1271. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This data report (and associated datasets) documents the acquisition, preparation, and creation of National Park Service (NPS) standard areas of analysis (AOAs) for use within the Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M Program). AOA datasets were updated through September 30, 2018 and supersede all previous releases/versions. The Inventory and Monitoring Division, under the I&M Program, works with a select subset of the more than 400 park units of the National Park System; NPS parks that are part of the I&M Program are included in this subset. Landscape dynamics, weather, and stream hydrology measures are monitored using methods outlined in the National Park Environmental Settings Monitoring Protocol (DeVivo et.al 2018), which includes areas inside and near parks with significant natural resources. Annually, standard AOAs are updated or created based on official boundary changes and/or requests made by parks or monitoring networks throughout the year. AOA datasets documented in this report may not include all NPS units, or other NPS areas. These AOAs are not official boundaries and are not intended for use outside NPS Inventory and Monitoring.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Kinseth, Michelle; Nelson, Lisa
- Date of Issue
- 2020-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- IMD , NRSS