Equations: Geographic Weight of Study Block 1 = (A sb1 /A zQ) Percent Canopy of Study Block 1 = C sb1 Estimated Percent Canopy of Zone Q = C zQ = [(A sb1 / A zQ) * C sb1] + [(A sb2 / A zQ) * C sb2] + [(A sb3 / A zQ) * C sb3] Estimated Percent Canopy of Zone R = C zR = [(A sb4 / A zR) * C sb4] + [(A sb5 / A zR) * C sb5] Estimated Percent Canopy of Zone S = C zS = [(A sb6 / A zS) * C sb6] + [(A sb7 / A zS) * C sb7] Estimated Percent Canopy of Village X = C vX = [(A zQ / A vX) * C zQ] + [(A zR / A vX) * C zR] + [(A zS / A vX) * C zS] Appendix 2 Summation of all Hibbing Canopy Assessment Methods – Remote Digitized Digitized Sensed Crown Width Digitized Remote Sensed Crown Width Canopy Zone Canopy of Canopy iTree Method - Zone & Block Canopy by Canopy - Canopy & entire Study - whole Canopy Weighted Block Area Weighted Area 18.2 % Canopy - 16.31701398 17.27869848 18.03025138 24.7143 30.4629 ±3.88 Average % Average % Canopy by Canopy by Zone on Zone based % Width Weighted on Weighted Canopy by Sample % Canopy by Sample % Canopy by % Canopy by Block Zone Block Blocks Block Blocks Zone Block 6 Downtown 5.746252919 9.555344751 3.905032037 4.772222482 5.549537349 4.03660130399 31 Downtown 0.094364814 0 0.01696548694
Equations: Geographic Weight of Study Block 1 = (A sb1 /A zQ) Percent Canopy of Study Block 1 = C sb1 Estimated Percent Canopy of Zone Q = C zQ = [(A sb1 / A zQ) * C sb1] + [(A sb2 / A zQ) * C sb2] + [(A sb3 / A zQ) * C sb3] Estimated Percent Canopy of Zone R = C zR = [(A sb4 / A zR) * C sb4] + [(A sb5 / A zR) * C sb5] Estimated Percent Canopy of Zone S = C zS = [(A sb6 / A zS) * C sb6] + [(A sb7 / A zS) * C sb7] Estimated Percent Canopy of Village X = C vX = [(A zQ / A vX) * C zQ] + [(A zR / A vX) * C zR] + [(A zS / A vX) * C zS] Appendix 2 – Summation of all Hibbing Canopy Assessment Methods Method - Crown Width Canopy Crown Width Zone & Block Weighted Digitized Canopy by Block Digitized Canopy Zone & Weighted Digitized Canopy of entire Study Area Remote Sensed Canopy - Area Remote Sensed Canopy - whole iTree Canopy % Canopy - 16.31701398 17.27869848 18.03025138 24.7143 30.4629 18.2 ±3.88 Block Zone % Width Canopy by Block Average % Canopy by Zone on Weighted Sample Blocks % Canopy by Block Average % Canopy by Zone based on Weighted Sample Blocks % Canopy by Zone % Canopy by Block 6 Downtown 5.746252919 9.555344751 3.905032037 4.772222482 5.549537349 4.03660130399 31 Downtown 0.094364814 0 0.01696548694
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