Commit 39db637d authored by Daniel Falster's avatar Daniel Falster
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Update metadata from Canada following email from hongcheng.zeng, for #1

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{
"contact":{
"name": "John Caspersen",
"email": "john.caspersen@utoronto.ca",
"affiliation": "Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada"
},
"agreement": "Census data from Canadian states provides by John Caspersen adn Quebec data provides by the MERN through a data use agremenet with G. Kusntler and Irstea. Data can not be shared with other parties",
"dataset": {
"name": "Candaian National Forest Inventory Dataset",
"country": "Canada",
"climate": "",
"vegetation type": "",
"latitude": -1,
"longitude": -1,
"minimum tree size": "variable (from ? to ?)",
"history": "",
"field methodology": "",
"trait information": ""
},
"references": ["",
""],
"files":{
"Canada_Data2George_20130818.csv":{
"sep":"c",
"contents":"NA"},
"EcoregionCodes.csv":{
"sep":"c",
"contents":"NA"},
"FIA_REF_SPECIES.csv":{
"sep":"c",
"contents":"NA"}
}
}
{
"contact":{
"name": "John Caspersen",
"email": "john.caspersen@utoronto.ca",
"affiliation": "Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada"
},
"agreement": "Census data from Canadian provinces provided by John Caspersen and Quebec data provided by the MERN through a data use agremenet with G. Kunstler and Irstea. Data can not be shared with other parties",
"dataset": {
"name": "Candaian Provincial Forest Inventory Dataset",
"country": "Canada",
"climate": "humid temperate in eastern Canada and near the great lakes, semiarid in the prairie provinces, marine temperate on the west coast, and subarctic in the north",
"vegetation type": "temperate forests in the great lakes region and on the east and west coasts, boreal or Taiga in the north",
"latitude": "41-83.5 deg N",
"longitude": "52.7-141 deg W",
"minimum tree size": "Varies from province to province. According to the provincial documentation, the minimum varies from 1 to 9 cm (depending on the province), but recorded values in some provinces are lower (e.g. 0.1 cm)",
"history": "Varies from province to province: we only included data collected after 1980.",
"field methodology": "There is no national standard yet (though there will be soon), so each province uses a different sampling method. Most provinces use circular plots, usually about 400 m2 in area, but plot size can vary both within and between provinces. The measurement interval is usually 5-15 years, but ranges from 1 to 28 years.",
"trait information": ""
},
"references": ["",
""],
"files":{
"Canada_Data2George_20130818.csv":{
"sep":"c",
"contents":"Tree table with two measurements"},
"EcoregionCodes.csv":{
"sep":"c",
"contents":"Lookup table for Ecoregion code used in Canadian trees table which is the same as US FIA data."},
"FIA_REF_SPECIES.csv":{
"sep":"c",
"contents":"Lookup table for Canadian species codes, which are the same US FIA species codes, except for species whose code is greater than 9000 (these species do not occur in the FIA database)"}
}
}
use,var,units,description
0,PLOTTREE_I,,A tree identifier field.
0,Species_FIAcode,,The species names can be looked up from a separate file (Canadian_species.csv)
0,InitDBH,,"DBH at the first measurement, in cm. Set to 0 if the tree was not included in the first measurement."
0,FinalDBH,,"DBH at the second measurement, in cm. Set to -999 if the tree was dead at the second measurement."
0,PLOT_ID,,A plot identifier field.
0,Subplot_ID,,"Subplot identifier. Each plot consists of up to four subplots. I've removed all subplots that were harvested between measurements, that crossed a stand boundary, or that had no trees."
0,SubPlot_Size,,"This is the total area, in ha, of all the subplots included in each tree's plot. The size of each subplot depends on the DBH of the tree that was recorded."
0,Lat,,"Plot latitude, in decimal degrees."
0,Lon,,"Plot longitude, in decimal degrees."
0,IndWeight,,This is the weighting (#/ha) assigned to each tree for calculating plot basal area. It is just 1/PlotSize.
0,IntervalYears,,"The duration of the interval between measurements, in years."
0,Ecocode,,"The code corresponding to this plot's ecoregion. The names can be looked up from a separate file (EcoregionCodes.csv). There is a 3-level hierarchy of ecoregions (domain, division, province). It may be worth aggregating ecoregions to the division level to reduce the number of separate units."
0,MAT,,"Mean annual temperature from 1961-1990 for this plot's location, from the WorldClim database."
0,MAP,,"Mean annual precipitation from 1961-1990 for this plot's location, from the WorldClim database."
0,Province,,Based on WorldClim climate data for now. If we are using WorldClim for the Canadian data too then we use the same data to maintain consistency.
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use,var,units,description
0,PLOTTREE_ID,,"A tree identifier field."
0,Species_FIAcode,,"The species names can be looked up from a separate file (Canadian_REF_SPECIES_20130911.csv)"
0,InitDBH,,"DBH at the first measurement, in cm. Set to 0 if the tree was not included in the first measurement."
0,FinalDBH,,"DBH at the second measurement, in cm. Set to -999 if the tree was dead at the second measurement."
0,PlotID_InitYear,,"Plot identifier and initial measurement year, separated by underscore (_)."
0,Subplot_ID,,"Subplot identifier. Each plot consists of up to three subplots. Empty value indicates the plot has no subplot."
0,SubPlot_Size,,"This is the area, in ha, of the subplot, or plot when the plot has no subplots."
0,Lat,,"Plot latitude, in decimal degrees."
0,Lon,,"Plot longitude, in decimal degrees."
0,IndWeight,,"This is the weighting (#/ha) assigned to each tree for calculating plot basal area. It is just 1/SubPlot_Size."
0,IntervalYears,,"The duration of the interval between initial and final measurements, in years."
0,Ecocode,,"The code corresponding to this plot's ecoregion. The names can be looked up from a separate file (EcoregionCodes.csv). There is a 3-level hierarchy of ecoregions (domain, division, province)."
0,MAT,,"Mean annual temperature from 1961-1990 for this plot's location, from the WorldClim database."
0,MAP,,"Mean annual precipitation from 1961-1990 for this plot's location, from the WorldClim database."
0,Province,,"Province the plot is located."
0,IN_1410,,"A field specific for Quebec data. It indicate the location of the measured tree, i.e. O - the tree was located in the plot with distance to plot center between 11.28-14.10 m; N or NA - the tree is located with distance < 11.28 m to plot center."
use,var,units,description
0,ECOCODE,,
0,DOMAIN,,
0,DIVISION,,
0,PROVINCE,,
use,var,units,description
0,ECOCODE,,Lookup code for Ecoregion.
0,DOMAIN,,Level I ecoregion according to CEC classification.
0,DIVISION,,Level II ecoregion according to CEC classification.
0,PROVINCE,,Level III ecoregion according to CEC classification.
use,var,units,description
0,SPCD,,
0,COMMON_NAME,,
0,GENUS,,
0,SPECIES,,
0,VARIETY,,
0,SUBSPECIES,,
0,SPECIES_SYMBOL,,
0,E_SPGRPCD,,
0,W_SPGRPCD,,
0,C_SPGRPCD,,
0,P_SPGRPCD,,
0,MAJOR_SPGRPCD,,
0,STOCKING_SPGRPCD,,
0,FOREST_TYPE_SPGRPCD,,
0,EXISTS_IN_NCRS,,
0,EXISTS_IN_NERS,,
0,EXISTS_IN_PNWRS,,
0,EXISTS_IN_RMRS,,
0,EXISTS_IN_SRS,,
0,SITETREE,,
0,SFTWD_HRDWD,,
0,ST_EXISTS_IN_NCRS,,
0,ST_EXISTS_IN_NERS,,
0,ST_EXISTS_IN_PNWRS,,
0,ST_EXISTS_IN_RMRS,,
0,ST_EXISTS_IN_SRS,,
0,CORE,,
0,EAST,,
0,WEST,,
0,CARIBBEAN,,
0,PACIFIC,,
0,WOODLAND,,
0,MANUAL_START,,
0,MANUAL_END,,
0,JENKINS_SPGRPCD,,
0,JENKINS_TOTAL_B1,,
0,JENKINS_TOTAL_B2,,
0,JENKINS_STEM_WOOD_RATIO_B1,,
0,JENKINS_STEM_WOOD_RATIO_B2,,
0,JENKINS_STEM_BARK_RATIO_B1,,
0,JENKINS_STEM_BARK_RATIO_B2,,
0,JENKINS_FOLIAGE_RATIO_B1,,
0,JENKINS_FOLIAGE_RATIO_B2,,
0,JENKINS_ROOT_RATIO_B1,,
0,JENKINS_ROOT_RATIO_B2,,
0,JENKINS_SAPLING_ADJUSTMENT,,
0,WOOD_SPGR_GREENVOL_DRYWT,,
0,WOOD_SPGR_GREENVOL_DRYWT_CIT,,
0,BARK_SPGR_GREENVOL_DRYWT,,
0,BARK_SPGR_GREENVOL_DRYWT_CIT,,
0,MC_PCT_GREEN_BARK,,
0,MC_PCT_GREEN_BARK_CIT,,
0,MC_PCT_GREEN_WOOD,,
0,MC_PCT_GREEN_WOOD_CIT,,
0,WOOD_SPGR_MC12VOL_DRYWT,,
0,WOOD_SPGR_MC12VOL_DRYWT_CIT,,
0,BARK_VOL_PCT,,
0,BARK_VOL_PCT_CIT,,
0,RAILE_STUMP_DOB_B1,,
0,RAILE_STUMP_DIB_B1,,
0,RAILE_STUMP_DIB_B2,,
0,CWD_DECAY_RATIO1,,
0,CWD_DECAY_RATIO2,,
0,CWD_DECAY_RATIO3,,
0,CWD_DECAY_RATIO4,,
0,CWD_DECAY_RATIO5,,
0,DWM_CARBON_RATIO,,
0,STANDING_DEAD_DECAY_RATIO1,,
0,STANDING_DEAD_DECAY_RATIO2,,
0,STANDING_DEAD_DECAY_RATIO3,,
0,STANDING_DEAD_DECAY_RATIO4,,
0,STANDING_DEAD_DECAY_RATIO5,,
0,CREATED_BY,,
0,CREATED_DATE,,
0,CREATED_IN_INSTANCE,,
0,MODIFIED_BY,,
0,MODIFIED_DATE,,
0,MODIFIED_IN_INSTANCE,,
use,var,units,description
0,SPCD,,"Lookup code for species name."
0,COMMON_NAME,,"Common name."
0,GENUS,,"Latin name of the Genus."
0,SPECIES,,"Latin name of the Species."
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