1. FVS Data Base Extension The Database Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator Nicholas L. Crookston Dennis Gammel March 11, 2003

2. FVS Data Base Extension The Database Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator Nicholas L. Crookston Stephanie Rebain many others (and remember Dennis Gammel) February 15, 2007

3. FVS Data Base Extension Major features Allows FVS to get initial stand and tree level data from ODBC-supported data bases. FVS predictions can be directly loaded into data bases. Allows SQL commands to execute on data bases during an FVS simulation, one or more times during any one or all cycles.

4. FVS Data Base Extension Major features - continued Event Monitor variables and their values can be loaded into a data base during a simulation. Data from the data base can define FVS Event Monitor variables during a simulation. Capabilities for Suppose to directly interact with data bases are being built and will be introduced in a pending release of Suppose.

5. FVS Data Base Extension Summary: FVS interacts with the data bases providing many of the benefits data bases provide to FVS users. Technical issues remain for taking advantage of these technologies within our organizations. Some of these issues will be discussed in the following papers.

6. FVS Data Base Extension Future data sources: Field-sampled data is expensive to collect. We will hear two presentations on imputation- based methods that address this issue. Following the presentations, we will take questions from the floor!