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Modeling on the Grand Scale: LANDFIRE Top 10 Lessons Learned

 
1/30/2012
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Between 2004 and 2009, the LANDFIRE project developed state-and-transition models for all major Ecological Systems in the United States using the Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT). To complete this effort, LANDFIRE staff

  • hosted modeling workshops, web conferences and individual meetings across the country,
  • engaged more than 700 experts in developing and reviewing models,
  • taught experts and managers how to model with VDDT, and
  • facilitated the creation of over 2,000 models quantifying pre-settlement reference conditions.

An undertaking of this type invariably has highs and lows, and provides an opportunity to learn about the model building and model review process. This is a quick primer, e.g. the Top Ten advisories, on how to get the most out of training workshops.

Read the overview, including links to resources.

Read the full report on methodology and how it worked in the field, presented at the First Landscape State-and-Transition Simulation Modeling Conference, June 14–16, 2011, Portland, Oregon.

Kori Blankenship, Jim Smith, Randy Swaty, Ayn Shlisky, Jeannie Patton, Sarah Hagen

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