Materials For Downloading

1) PowerPoint Presentations from the February. 6th 2008, Winter Meeting at UNH

• 2006-07-Databook-Review Recent and long term Forest Watch data analysis. Presenter: Mike Gagnon
• IGARSS-2008 International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium Boston MA, July 6-11, 2008 -Presenter: Dr. Barrett Rock
• GLOBE-CarbonCycle - Investigating the Global Carbon Cycle in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Presenters: Sarah Siverberg & Rita Freuder
• CalciumOxalate-Spruce- Studying the impact of calcium additions to spruce forests in New Hampshire’s White Mountain. Presenter: Will Kessler
• CalciumOxalate-Fir- Studying the impact of calcium additions to fir forests in New Hampshire’s White Mountain. Presenter: Tricia McCarthy

2) Multispec Materials.

MultiSpec Tutorial: "Exploring a Satellite Image"(PDF format)
These tutorials are updated versions of the MultiSpec materials provided at Forest Watch introductory training sessions. They are new versions of the MultiSpec portion of your Black Binder. You may print these lastest tutorials and replace the old contents of your Black Binder.
• MultiSpec Background and Introduction.
• Exploring a Satellite Image (PC Version: Feb 08)
• Exploring a Satellite Image (Mac OS X Version: Feb 08)
  

You will also need the subset Landsat image of Beverly Massachusetts, which the tutorial is designed for. The image can be obtained directly from the link below or by downloading the file (Beverly.lan) from the UNH GLOBE website. There are a variety of other useful materials about image processing with MultiSpec at the UNH GLOBE website as well, including change over time and land cover classification tutorials. To learn more about Land cover classifications click the link below

• Landsat Subset of Beverly Massachusetts
• Land Cover Mapping

3) Data Collection Forms and Datasheets

• The Forest Watch Master Datasheet

4) Forest Watch Protocol Compilation Spreadsheet (PCS)

The following Excel spreadsheet programs can be downloaded and used on yourcomputers for entering your Forest Watch data. These programs automaticallyconduct data calculations and places all the important data on a masterdatasheet. Once you have entered the data and saved the file with the name ofyour school and the year (i.e., northwestern_98.xls) you can then either email the saved file to us at forestwatch@unh.edu or print-out hardcopies and mail them to us. Please read the Readme File below for more information.Additionally, the Excel program has instructions once you load it.

When running these spreadsheets, Excel will prompt you to Enable or Disable Macros--choose Enable

• PCS-2000-2.1.xls - Excel Spreadsheet for MS Office 2000
• PCS-97-2.1.xls - Excel Spreadsheet for MS Office 97
• PCS-95-2.0.xls - Excel Spreadsheet for MS Office 95, Excel 5.0 and Macintosh
• PCS-2.1-Inst.txt - Instructions for using these files

5) GPS, ALTA, & Topo-Map Activities/Forms

• ALTA II Activity & Datasheet
• ALTA II Excel Data Sheet (With Formulas)
• ALTA(old version)Activity & Datasheet
• ALTA (old version)Excel Data Sheet (With Formulas)
• GPS Activity & Datasheet
• Topo Map Activity Instructions

6) Photo Release Form

• Download PDF Form

7) Forest Watch Binder Materials & PowerPoint Presentation Materials

• Forest Watch Binder Materials (PDF format)
  
  
• Introduction and Protocols
• Math Activities
• Using Maps and Scale
  
  
• Forest Watch PowerPoint Slides
  This Powerpoint file contains slides presented at the Forest Watch Training. If you don't have the ability to create overheads, please let us know and we will provide you with a set. If there are any other examples that you would like to see added to this set, please let us know.

8) PowerPoint Presentations from the December 18th 2006, Winter Meeting at UNH

• 2005-06-Databook-Review Recent and Long Term Forest Watch Data Analysis. Presenter: Mike Gagnon

9) PowerPoint Presentations from the Dec. 7th 2005, Winter Meeting at UNH

• 2004-05-Databook-Review Recent and Long Term Forest Watch Data Analysis. Presenter: Mike Gagnon
• MVH-Image Making Forest Measurements(DBH & Tree Height) with Digital Photography & MVH Image. Presenter: Mike Gagnon
• Cenote - Using remote sensing to study Cenotes and their associated vegetation in Quintana-Roo, Mexico Presenter: Ryan Huntley
• CaveDiver - Learnlinc Presenation on Cave Systems, Cenotes and Threats to the Fragile Ecosystems in Mexico's Riviera Maya. Presenter: Sam Meachum

10) PowerPoint Presentations from the Dec. 8th 2004, Winter Meeting at UNH

• Seasonal Change and Plant Stress Detection -Visualizing vegetation stress with plant stess glasses through seasonal change (phenology), and drying experiments. Presenter: Dr. Barry Rock
• DBH - Analysis of incremental growth in forest watch white pine trees. Presenter: Dr. Stephen Hale
• Cenote - Using remote sensing to study Cenotes and their associated vegetation in Quintana-Roo, Mexico Presenter: Ryan Huntley
• INHALE - Integrated Human Health and Air Quality Project; Studying the effects of poor air quality on human pulmonary function in New England. Presenter: Tom Lambert
• HemlockWoolyAdelgid- Monitoring the health of your local Hemlocks looking for the presence of the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid. Presenter: Debra Kimball
• 2003-04-Databook-Review - Recent and long term Forest Watch data analysis. Presenter: Mike Gagnon