Evaluation of Custom Areas of Analysis for the National Park Service Units for use in the National Park Environmental Setting Monitoring Protocol, 2019
Kinseth M and Nelson L. 2021. Evaluation of Custom Areas of Analysis for the National Park Service Units for use in the National Park Environmental Setting Monitoring Protocol, 2019. Data Release Report. NPS/NRSS/DRR-2021/8. National Park Service
This data report (and associated datasets) documents the acquisition and preparation of National Park Service (NPS) custom areas of analysis (AOAs) for use within the Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M). AOA datasets were updated through September 30, 2019 and supersede all previous releases/versions. The Inventory and Monitoring Division (IMD), 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, AOAs are updated or created based on custom requests. AOA datasets documented in this report and may not include all NPS units, or other NPS areas. These AOAs are not official boundaries and are not intended for use outside of the NPS Inventory and Monitoring program.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Kinseth, Michelle; Nelson, Lisa
- Date of Issue
- 2021-01-22
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- IMD , NRSS
- Keywords
- aoa, aoas, area of analysis, areas of analysis, custom aoa, custom aoa processing, custom aoas, custom area of analysis, imd custom aoa, IMD network aoa, inventory and monitoring custom aoa, inventory and monitoring network aoa, network submitted aoa