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For a PDF version of Appendix C, click HERE.
Hsi.ini Configuration File Documentation
Hsi.ini contains all the values needed to control the functionality
of satophsi.py. Application of models, calculation methods, cover
type thresholds, static habitat attribute data, and output table
type can all be set in the configuration file. Eleven sections are
available to be set by the user:
Conifer Species
This section contains a list of species codes for all conifer species
for the area. These are dependent on the growth model being used
by LMS. Since Satsop Forest resides with in the range of the Pacific
Northwest variant of the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS reference
here) codes are for species found in the Satsop Forest area. Defaults
are DF (Douglas-fir), WH (western hemlock), RC (western redcedar),
SS (Sitka spruce), WP (western white pine), NF (noble fir), GF (grand
fir), and SF (silver fir). Codes for species other than these that
occur in other areas can be added so that this HEP can be applied.
Cover Types
This section contains a list of all the cover type codes. These
come directly from the original HEP (table XX). These should not
be modified. If it is necessary to add other cover types to the
analysis it will be necessary to all habitat data in the DATA section
of the configuration file.
Timbered Types
This section contains a subset of the Cover Types that contain trees
that are modeled with the growth model used in LMS. For the analysis
in LMS the cover types are C4, C4T, C3, C3T, C2, C1, M3, M3T, M2,
M1, H3, H2, H1. These also should not be modified unless threshold
values are added in the DATA section of the configuration file.
Timbered Type Attributes
This section contains a list of cover type threshold variable names.
These come directly from the original HEP cover typing rules these
are CCVar (percent canopy closure), PCVar (percent conifer), PDVar
(percent deciduous), LVar (canopy layers), MinDBHVar (minimum DBH
(in inches)), MaxDBHVar (maximum DBH (in inches)), BTVar (minimum
number of trees with DBH >21"), HTVar (minimum average height
(in feet)), TPAVar (minimum trees per acre). These can be modified
to fit other areas, if necessary, but other variables cannot be
added without modifying the HEPCode function in satsophsi.py.
Percent Method
This defines how the composition of the stand is determined. Calculation
can be by trees per acre ("T") or basal area ("B").
Habitat Attributes
This section contains the variable names for all of the habitat
attributes used by the HSI models. These come directly from the
models in satsophsi.py they should not be modified. Variable names
are CC (percent canopy closure), OSDBH (DBH (in inches) of the 40
biggest trees per acre), CCC (percent conifer canopy closure, TGC
(percent total ground cover), GR (percent grass cover), DnF (percent
cover of downfall litter), SSI (shrub suitability index), BT (trees
per acre >21" DBH), Stp (stumps per acre), L7 (logs per
greater >7" diameter), BSn (snags per acre with DBH >21"),
and DBHBSn (average DBH of snags >21" DBH).
Data Type
This allows the user to use static ("Static") or dynamic
("Dynamic") data for habitat calculations. Static data
is entered in the DATA section of the configuration file and assumed
to be constant for the specified cover type. Dynamic data is calculated
from current and projected inventory with functions in satsophsi.py.
HSI Models
This section contains a list of the HSI models used in the analysis.
The current set is limited to Cooper's hawk ("CHawk"),
southern red-backed vole ("SRVole"), pileated woodpecker
("PWoodpecker"), and spotted towhee ("STowhee").
The user can select one or several of the species for an analysis.
To add additional models it will be necessary to add them to the
satsophsi.py code. This is not recommended since it would be a major
undertaking.
Application Cover Types
For each HSI model the user can define the cover types that the
model is applied to. There are two options: Static and Dynamic.
Static applies the model to the cover types used in the original
HEP performed on Satsop Forest. Dynamic applies the models to the
cover types published in the documentation for each model. Depending
on how the user has the Data Type set in the configuration file
the analysis can be customized to apply the model only to specific
cover types. The only valid values to be used come from the list
of cover types in the Cover Types section of the configuration file.
Cover Type Output
Several cover type table formats can be chosen selected as output
from satsophsi.py that include those used in the original HEP plus
additional table that expand analaysis types that can be performed
using the output tables. These formats are:
STD - Columns: Year, Stand, Cover type
SUM - Summary of cover type acreages by year
ALL - Both STD and SUM tables with a separator
AV - Formatted for importing into ESRI ArcView for mapping and spatial
analysis
DEBUG - STD output with all variable values appended for each stand
for each year
Habitat Output
Several habitat table formats are available that mimic those used
in the original HEP with the addition of other formats. These are:
HSI - Columns: Year, Stand, Acres, Species 1 HSI, Species 2 HSI...
HU - Habitat units for each species for each year for the entire
landscape
AAHU - Annual average habitat units for each species for the life
of the LMS projection
BySpp - Individual tables for each species for each year with acreage
and average HSI for the entire landscape
HSISum - Habitat acreage and HSI for each species for each year
ALL - HSISum, HU, and AAHU tables with separators
AV - Formatted for importing into ESRI ArcView for mapping and spatial
analysis
DEBUG - HSI table with all variables appended for each species for
each stand and year
DATA
Sections are available for entering data and cover typing thresholds
for each cover type. For each cover type the first section contains
cover typing threshold values with the names being the same as in
the Timber Type Attributes section. Not all variables apply to all
cover types. For variables that do not apply an entry of 0 or 999
is used. The second section contains static data for each cover
type. The static data are understory and standing dead and downed
wood that are not modeled within LMS as well as overstory data.
Variable names are those from the Habitat Attributes section. All
the values come from the data collected and reported in the original
HEP documentation as averages for each cover type. Any of these
values can be modified based on inventories of other areas for habitat
analysis.
Hsi.ini Configuration File
[Conifer Species]
Conifer=DF WH RC SS WP NF GF SF
[Cover Types]
CTypeList=C4 C4T C3 C3T C2 C1 M3 M3T M2 M1 H3 H2 H1 B G PF PE
[Timbered Types]
TTypeList=C4 C4T C3 C3T C2 C1 M3 M3T M2 M1 H3 H2 H1 B
[Timbered Type Attributes]
TTAttList=CCVar PCVar PDVar LVar MinDBHVar MaxDBHVar BTVar HTVar
TPAVar
[Percent Method]
PM=B
[C4]
PCVar=75
PDVar=0
LVar=3
CCVar=70
MaxDBHVar=999
MinDBHVar=0
BTVar=20
HTVar=40
TPAVar=0
CC=80.6
OSDBH=21.4
CCC=73.7
TGC=31.6
GR=0.0
DnF=18.6
SSI=0.5
BT=54.4
Stp=42.2
L7=71.0
BSn=4.4
DBHBSn=27.8
[C4T]
PCVar=75
PDVar=0
LVar=0
CCVar=70
MaxDBHVar=999
MinDBHVar=21
BTVar=0
HTVar=40
TPAVar=0
CC=55.1
OSDBH=17.6
CCC=48.3
TGC=42.1
GR=0.6
DnF=18.6
SSI=0.5
BT=28.6
Stp=97.9
L7=63.3
BSn=1.4
DBHBSn=28.0
[C3]
PCVar=75
PDVar=0
LVar=0
CCVar=70
MaxDBHVar=21
MinDBHVar=12
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=0
CC=76.0
OSDBH=17.1
CCC=73.7
TGC=39.7
GR=0.1
DnF=17.5
SSI=0.5
BT=30.0
Stp=45.0
L7=56.2
BSn=2.0
DBHBSn=24.5
[C3T]
PCVar=75
PDVar=0
LVar=0
CCVar=70
MaxDBHVar=21
MinDBHVar=12
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=0
CC=70.0
OSDBH=17.1
CCC=58.0
TGC=40.0
GR=0.6
DnF=18.5
SSI=0.5
BT=22.5
Stp=45.0
L7=63.3
BSn=2.0
DBHBSn=24.5
[C2]
PCVar=75
PDVar=0
LVar=0
CCVar=50
MaxDBHVar=12
MinDBHVar=4
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=0
CC=98.0
OSDBH=5.4
CCC=97.6
TGC=12.8
GR=0.7
DnF=16.3
SSI=0.2
BT=0.0
Stp=90.0
L7=41.4
BSn=0.0
DBHBSn=0.0
[C1]
PCVar=75
PDVar=0
LVar=0
CCVar=0
MaxDBHVar=4
MinDBHVar=0
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=150
CC=43.8
OSDBH=2.0
CCC=21.1
TGC=23.8
GR=8.1
DnF=15.2
SSI=0.4
BT=0.0
Stp=209.2
L7=26.7
BSn=0.0
DBHBSn=0.0
[M3]
PCVar=75
PDVar=75
LVar=0
CCVar=70
MaxDBHVar=999
MinDBHVar=12
BTVar=0
HTVar=40
TPAVar=0
CC=75.9
OSDBH=15.4
CCC=25.5
TGC=45.3
GR=1.2
DnF=8.9
SSI=0.6
BT=17.5
Stp=56.1
L7=21.0
BSn=0.7
DBHBSn=32.0
[M3T]
PCVar=75
PDVar=75
LVar=0
CCVar=70
MaxDBHVar=999
MinDBHVar=12
BTVar=0
HTVar=40
TPAVar=0
CC=50.0
OSDBH=17.1
CCC=25.5
TGC=45.3
GR=2.0
DnF=18.9
SSI=0.6
BT=17.5
Stp=56.1
L7=15.0
BSn=2.0
DBHBSn=32.0
[M2]
PCVar=75
PDVar=75
LVar=0
CCVar=50
MaxDBHVar=12
MinDBHVar=4
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=0
CC=74.0
OSDBH=6.1
CCC=17.3
TGC=42.1
GR=2.3
DnF=11.0
SSI=0.4
BT=2.3
Stp=100.0
L7=30.5
BSn=1.5
DBHBSn=28.5
[M1]
PCVar=75
PDVar=75
LVar=0
CCVar=0
MaxDBHVar=4
MinDBHVar=1
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=150
CC=19.8
OSDBH=1.7
CCC=6.6
TGC=58.3
GR=6.3
DnF=13.1
SSI=0.5
BT=0.0
Stp=148.8
L7=40.0
BSn=0.0
DBHBSn=0.0
[H3]
PCVar=0
PDVar=75
LVar=0
CCVar=50
MaxDBHVar=999
MinDBHVar=12
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=0
CC=85.8
OSDBH=13.1
CCC=18.8
TGC=55.5
GR=0.8
DnF=7.1
SSI=0.4
BT=9.2
Stp=97.7
L7=31.7
BSn=0.0
DBHBSn=0.0
[H2]
PCVar=0
PDVar=75
LVar=0
CCVar=50
MaxDBHVar=12
MinDBHVar=4
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=0
CC=70.6
OSDBH=6.4
CCC=2.4
TGC=49.3
GR=11.5
DnF=6.8
SSI=0.4
BT=0.8
Stp=93.3
L7=20.0
BSn=0.0
DBHBSn=0.0
[H1]
PCVar=0
PDVar=75
LVar=0
CCVar=50
MaxDBHVar=4
MinDBHVar=1
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=0
CC=47.1
OSDBH=3.7
CCC=1.1
TGC=51.4
GR=33.2
DnF=6.5
SSI=0.3
BT=0.6
Stp=58.8
L7=8.3
BSn=0.0
DBHBSn=0.0
[B]
PCVar=0
PDVar=0
LVar=0
CCVar=50
MaxDBHVar=999
MinDBHVar=0
BTVar=0
HTVar=0
TPAVar=0
CC=11.4
OSDBH=4.5
CCC=4.3
TGC=53.3
GR=32.0
DnF=5.0
SSI=0.3
BT=0.0
Stp=30.0
L7=4.2
BSn=0.0
DBHBSn=0.0
[G]
CC=0.5
OSDBH=2.1
CCC=0.1
TGC=71.7
GR=66.9
DnF=1.0
SSI=0.2
BT=0.0
Stp=0.0
L7=0.0
BSn=0.0
DBHBSn=0.0
[PF]
CC=63.3
OSDBH=6.9
CCC=0.0
TGC=28.3
GR=10.8
DnF=14.6
SSI=0.7
BT=5.6
Stp=3.3
L7=15.8
BSn=1.1
DBHBSn=21.0
[PE]
CC=0.7
OSDBH=1.0
CCC=0.0
TGC=72.2
GR=67.2
DnF=0.3
SSI=0.3
BT=0.0
Stp=0.0
L7=0.0
BSn=0.0
DBHBSn=0.0
[Habitat Attributes]
HabAtt=CC OSDBH CCC TGC GR DnF SSI BT Stp L7 BSn DBHBSn
[Run Type]
RunType=ModDoc
[HSI Models]
ModelList=CHawk SRVole STowhee PWoodpecker
[CHawk]
HEP=H2 H3 M2 M3 M3T PF
DOC=B C1 C2 C3 C3T C4 C4T M1 M2 M3 M3T H1 H2 H3 PF
[SRVole]
HEP=C2 C3 C3T C4 C4T H2 H3 M2 M3 M3T
DOC=B C1 C2 C3 C3T C4 C4T M1 M2 M3 M3T H1 H2 H3
[PWoodpecker]
HEP=C2 C3 C3T C4 C4T M2 M3 M3T PF
DOC=B C1 C2 C3 C3T C4 C4T M1 M2 M3 M3T H1 H2 H3 PF
[STowhee]
HEP=B C1 C2 H1 H2 M1 M2 G PE PF
DOC=B H1 H2 H3 PE PF M1 M2 M3
[HEP Output]
HEPOut=STD
[HSI Output]
HSIOut=HSI
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