CMS Data User Survey

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Which data are currently used to implement the forestry programs?

Check all that apply

MODIS

Landsat

NAIP

Ortho-imagery

Forest Inventory Assessments

Country-acquired LiDAR

Other:

What are the strengths of the data currently used? Short Answer

What are the limitations of the data currently used? Short Answer

Which aspect of environmental data is most essential to your organization mission?

Check all that apply

Data update every 5 years

Same year of data acquisition

High resolution of 1 m

Leaf-off

Leaf-on

Same data type/format

Accuracy

Affordability

Data access

Other:

Which application would benefit most from high-resolution LiDAR data?

Select only one, Fill in for “Other”

Agriculture and precision farming

Wildlife biodiversity protection

Flood risk assessment

Urban and regional planning

Sea level rise and subsidence

Forest resources management

Other:

Clear selection

What are the key science questions your organization needs answers to that may or may not be addressed by ongoing research? Short Answer

Which type of institution do you work for?

Federal Government

Local Government

Non-Governmental Organization

University

Commercial Entity

Other:

Clear selection

What is the spatial scope of your work?

Check all that apply

Local

Regional

National

International

What is the typical timeframe for making policy or programmatic decisions in your work?

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Daily

Monthly

Seasonally

Annually

Every 2-3 years

Every 5 years

Decadal

Other:

How would you characterize your data use?

Science Data User (creation or analysis of science data products)

Applications Developer (create decision products)

Applications User (consumer of decision products)

Other:

Clear selection

Of the following thematic groups, which is your work more actively relevant to?

Disasters

Ecological Forescasting

Health and Air Quality

Water Resources

Agriculture

Climate

Energy

Oceans

Weather

Other:

How often, if ever, do you currently use satellite remote sensing data?

Hourly

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

Seasonally

Annually

Not at all

Clear selection

What area of coverage is best for your analysis?

If your analysis requires information at multiple levels of coverage, please check as many as apply.

Community

District

Province

Country

Region

Continent

Global

What type of documentation or data outreach have you found most helpful in the past?

Presentations and visualizations

User guides

Online tutorials

Data dictionary

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Other:

Clear selection

Are you familiar with the Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) data products (e.g.) and documentation available via the CMS website (link)?

Yes

Clear selection

Are you a professional or scientist with training, expertise or experience related to deriving or modeling environmental information?

Yes

Clear selection

Are you a manager or decision maker whose organization is interested in forest ecology or other environmental observations for their systems or processes?

Yes

Clear selection

How many years have you been professionally engaged with environmentally related work?

What software do you use to process remote sensing imagery

check all that apply

QGIS or similar (ArcGIS)

R Programming

PYTHON

ENVI / IDL

ERDAS Imagine

Other:

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