39 matching use cases
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OMB-IND-USDA-017OMB Individually Reported

Raster Tools

Integrating geospatial analysis with AI in parallel.

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OMB-IND-USDA-018OMB Individually Reported

TreeMap and FuelMap (all versions)

Produce tree-level model of the forests of the US, and corresponding model of fuel loading.

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OMB-IND-USDA-019OMB Individually Reported

Landscape Change Monitoring System (LCMS)

LCMS produces annual vegetation cover change, land cover, land use, and tree canopy cover data on National Forest System lands and more broadly across the conterminous United Stat…

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OMB-IND-USDA-021OMB Individually Reported

Forest Health Detection Monitoring

This project monitors forest health by detecting tree damage through changes in light patterns collected by satellites.

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OMB-IND-USDA-051OMB Individually Reported

DISTRIB-II: Habitat Suitability of Eastern United States Tree

The goal of this use case is to provide information about current and future habitat suitability of east United States tree species. Machine learning is used to develop models tha…

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OMB-IND-USDA-069OMB Individually Reported

XyloTron/XyloPhone Wood Identification System

The purpose of these tools is to identify different types of wood based on their cross-section. These tools will help industries follow laws and support law enforcement in meeting…

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OMB-IND-USDA-071OMB Individually Reported

Forest disease detection and screening

To improve tree disease diagnosis and screening.

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OMB-IND-USDA-072OMB Individually Reported

Use of LLMs for data extraction

The purpose of this model is to quickly gather information from scientific papers to track the spread of plant diseases.

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OMB-IND-USDA-074OMB Individually Reported

Fire Resilient Landscapes

Assists in planning treatments to reduce wildfire risk and calculate treatment costs

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OMB-IND-USDA-076OMB Individually Reported

Spread and Balance Sample Design

The purpose of this tool is to produce samples that are well spread and balanced, reducing sampling cost and error.

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OMB-IND-USDA-077OMB Individually Reported

Regression, Classification, Clustering with Hilbert Curves

Implementation of many machine learning techniques into applied research

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OMB-IND-USDA-079OMB Individually Reported

The Big Data, Mapping, and Analytics Platform (BIGMAP) Project

To produce maps of various characteristics of US forests at all locations, based on field plots measured by the US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program only…

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OMB-IND-USDA-086OMB Individually Reported

Wildlife Deterrent System

The purpose of the AI device is to keep coyotes out of a fenced area by blocking their entry through a gap in the fence, while still allowing other wildlife to pass through.

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OMB-IND-USDA-088OMB Individually Reported

Markov random fields for mixed forests

A level of uncertainty can exist in model predictions and sometimes that level of uncertainty is incorrectly assessed, leading to less effective decision-making when based on the…

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OMB-IND-USDA-090OMB Individually Reported

IOL Focus Group and Survey Sensemaking

Processing and interpretation of questionnaires and transcripts can be slow and tedious. Using Google NotebookLM can improve the process.

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OMB-IND-USDA-091OMB Individually Reported

Esri ArcGIS Pro Deep Learning Modules

Object detection from aerial images

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OMB-IND-USDA-123OMB Individually Reported

Forest based and boosted classification and regression methods

Determining which features of a forest best indicate species presence and amount

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OMB-IND-USDA-124OMB Individually Reported

MaxEnt/ENMeval models of habitat suitability

Predict species habitat under current and future conditions

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OMB-IND-USDA-126OMB Individually Reported

Species Distribution Data analysis

Machine learning models built for predicting and understanding species distributions and ranges for thousands of different species.

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OMB-IND-USDA-127OMB Individually Reported

A wetland-based habitat suitability model for Spotted Turtles in West Virginia

Classifying environmental suitability of wetlands for a species of turtle.

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OMB-IND-USDA-128OMB Individually Reported

Projected contemporary habitat distribution and quality for wood turtles in the midwestern United States

Estimating environmental suitability of stream cells for a turtle species.

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OMB-IND-USDA-129OMB Individually Reported

Amphibians reveal unexpectedly large differences in potential environmental change responses among ecologically similar habitat specialists

Estimating environmental suitability for amphibians

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OMB-IND-USDA-130OMB Individually Reported

Projected future changes in the geographic distributions of the threatened Plethodon nettingi and a potential competitor

Estimation of environmental suitability for two salamander species.

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OMB-IND-USDA-131OMB Individually Reported

Random Forest with Aquatic Effectiveness Monitoring

Protecting aquatic ecosystems and restoring watershed processes can be improved by understanding predictors of sediment in streams after wildfire.

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