Forest Prediction

Forecasting forest change

🎛 Prediction Settings

🌿 Business as Usual

Current management practices continue.

🌡 Climate Warming (+2°C)

Accelerated warming reduces biomass density.

🪓 Active Management

Enhanced harvest accelerates canopy turnover.

🎯 Model Performance

R² = 0.87 RMSE = 0.42
AGB Fit87%
CHM Fit91%

Performance metrics based on leave-one-out cross-validation using Howland LiDAR time series (2012-2023). More data will be added as new acquisitions become available.

Projected Mean AGB
6.72
by 2027 · Baseline Scenario

Biomass and Canopy Height Time Series with Projection

Howland Research Forest · 2012-2025 observed + projected trend

AGB Annual Distribution

Mean ± Std Dev by year

CHM Change Analysis

Mean canopy height (m) by year

📋 Observed and Predicted Data Summary

Year Mean AGB Std AGB Mean CHM (m) Std CHM (m) Status