Alan B. Anderson

U.S. Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) for Munitions (AFM) (2007)

Stewart, Allan, Brown, Mike, Anderson, Alan B.

The Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) program is a methodology used for estimating the impact of military use of maneuver lands on Army installations. The methodology was...

Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) LS Factor Calculator User Manual, Version 1.0 (2003)

Anderson, Alan B., Mitasova, Helene, Hohmann, Matt, Warren, Steve

Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) is the standard Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) methodology for estimating training land carrying capacity by relating training...

Integrating Multi-criteria Analysis and GIS for Land Condition Assessment: Part I – Evaluation of Military Training Areas (2002)

Guillermo A. Mendoza, Alan B. Anderson, George Z. Gertner

ABSTRACT This paper describes multiple criteria models that can be used to assess land condition in general, and military training areas in particular. Three measures of land condition are used,...

Integrating Multi-criteria Analysis and GIS for Land Condition Assessment: Part I – Evaluation of Military Training Areas (2002)

Guillermo A. Mendoza, Alan B. Anderson, George Z. Gertner

ABSTRACT This paper describes multicriteria models for identifying areas best suited for military training exercises. Training loads are measured in terms of Maneuver Impact Miles, which in turn are...

A Preliminary Ethnobotanical Survey of Fort Riley, Kansas (2001)

Alan B. Anderson, James A. Zeidler, John H. Dendy, Daniel E. Moerman

The Department of Defense (DoD) is responsible for administering more than 25 million acres of federally owned land in the United States. As a land manager, the DoD must comply with the intent and...

DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER (2000)

Paul Ayers, Michael Vance, Liv Haugen, Alan B. Anderson, Serdp Mr, Bradley P. Smith, ...

CEERD-CN-N, and Dr. John T. Bandy is Chief, CEERD-CN. The associated

Land Condition Trend Analysis (LCTA) Program Data Dictionary: Version 1.0. (1998)

Sprouse, William L., Anderson, Alan B.

This data dictionary is a logically organized repository of information describing all relevant land condition trend analysis (LCTA) data, including data characteristics, relationships, and usage....

Land Condition Trend Analysis Data Summaries: Preliminary Data Applications. (1998)

Price, David L., Anderson, Alan B., Whitworth, William R., Guertin, Patrick J.

The Army' s Land Condition Trend Analysis (LCTA) program is the standard for land inventory and monitoring, using standard methods of natural resources data collection, analyses, and reporting...

LCTA Users Interface Program Users Manual: Version 1.0. (1998)

Anderson, Alan B., Sprouse, William, Guertin, Patrick, Kowalski, David

The Land Condition-Trend Analysis (LCTA) users interface program assists natural resources managers at U.S. military installations to manage and summarize LCTA inventory and monitoring data. The LCTA...

Modeling Training Site Vegetation Coverage Probability with a Random Optimizing Procedure: An Artificial Neural Network Approach. (1998)

Guan, Biing T., Gertner, George Z., Anderson, Alan B.

The objective of this project was to examine the feasibility of applying feed-forward neural networks to estimate training site vegetation coverage probability based on past disturbance pattern and...

Assessing Installation Ethnobotanical Resources Using Land Condition Trend Analysis (LCTA) Data: A Fort Riley, Kansas, Case Study (1998)

Anderson, Alan B., Zeidler, James A., Dendy, John H., Moerman, Daniel E.

The Land Condition Trend Analysis (LCTA) program is the Army's standard for land inventory and monitoring, employing standardized methods of natural resources data collection, analyses, and reporting...

A Successional Dynamics Simulation Model as a Factor for Determining Military Training Land Carrying Capacity (1998)

McLendon, Terry, Childress, W. Michael, Price, David L., Anderson, Alan B.

The U.S. Army is committed to good stewardship of lands within military installations. The Army is also committed to achieving "training to standard" for its forces and therefore is interested in a...

Sensitivity Analysis of the Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) Model to User-specified Starting Parameters (1998)

Anderson, Alan B.

Sensitivity analysis is useful in formulation, calibration, and verification of environmental models. Sensitivity analysis of a model's responses to variations in input values can be used to indicate...

Fort Hood Land Management System (LMS) Military Field Application Site FY99 In-progress Review (1998)

Anderson, Alan B., Goran, William, Duncan, Richard, Garrett, Lisa

The purpose of the Land Management System (LMS) is to provide relevant science, tools, and information to land and water resource managers and decision makers with the goal of enhancing their ability...

Stochastic Models of Plant Diversity: Application to White Sands Missile Range (1998)

Cao, Xiangchi, Gertner, George Z., MacAllister, Bruce A., Anderson, Alan B.

Diversity is an average property of a community and is identified as the species variety and abundance. The study of biodiversity is important because it is one of the central themes in ecology; the...

A Methodology for Estimating Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) Vehicle Severity Factors and Local Condition Factors (1998)

Sullivan, Patricia M., Anderson, Alan B.

The Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) program is a methodology for estimating training and testing land carrying capacity. The methodology is used to determine land...

Fort Hood Land Management System (LMS) Military Field Application Site FYOO In-Progress Review (1998)

Mac Allister, Bruce A., Anderson, Alan B., Goran, William

The Land Management System (LMS) is an effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center to develop, support, and apply an integrated capability for modeling and...

An Evaluation of DGPS-Based Continuously Operating Vehicle Monitoring Systems to Determine Site-Specific Event Severity Factors (1998)

Ayers, Paul, Vance, Michael, Haugen, Liv, Anderson, Alan B.

The Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) methodology was developed to estimate the carrying capacity of training and testing land. ATTACC is part of the Army's Integrated...

Development of a Pilot Interactive Training Program for ATTACC Users (1998)

Howard, Gwyn L., Denight, Michael L., Anderson, Alan B., Cookas, James

The Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) methodology is the Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) standard for estimating training land carrying capacity by relating...

Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) Vehicle Severity Factor (VSF) and Local Condition Factor (LCF) Calculator User Manual Version 1.0 (1998)

Anderson, Alan B., Sullivan, Patricia

ATTACC is the standard ITAM methodology for estimating training land carrying capacity by relating training load, land condition, and land maintenance practices.

Army Training and Testing Area Carrying Capacity (ATTACC) Land Condition Module (LCM) User Manual, Version 1.00 (1998)

Anderson, Alan B., Sydelko, Pam, Teachman, George

ATTACC is the standard ITAM methodology for estimating training land carrying capacity by relating training load, land condition, and land maintenance practices. ATTACC is the standard ITAM...

Procedure for Estimating Weights of LEAM: User's Guide (1998)

Fang, Shoufan, Westervelt, James, Gertner, George Z., Anderson, Alan B.

This document describes spatially explicit methodology to calibrate the Land use Evolution and impact Assessment Model (LEAM) using historic land use data. The LEAM model is used to predict urban...

Cattle Grazing and Tracked Vehicle Training on Central and Southwest U.S. Army Lands: Potential Consequences for Grassland Ecosystems (1998)

Guretzky, John A., Fehmi, Jeffrey S., Anderson, Alan B.

Sustainability of training lands continues to be a primary concern for natural resource managers on Army installations. Tracked vehicle training, the main disturbance of grasslands, does not occur in...

Sampling and Mapping Soil Erosion Cover Factor for Fort Richardson, Alaska. Integrating Stratification and an Up-Scaling Method (1998)

Wang, Guangxing, Gertner, George, Anderson, Alan B., Howard, Heidi

When a ground and vegetation cover factor related to soil erosion is mapped with the aid of remotely sensed data, a cost-efficient sample design to collect ground data and obtain an accurate map is...

The U.S. Army's Land-Based Carrying Capacity (1997)

Price, David L., Anderson, Alan B., Guertin, Patrick J., McLendon, Terry, Childress, W. Michael

The objective of this technical note is to conceptually frame the Army's requirement for land based carrying capacity and the capability being developed to address this need. Until recently, research...

Land Condition Trend Analysis Data: Power Analysis. (1997)

Anderson, Alan B., Guertin, Patrick J., Price, David L.

The Land Condition Trend Analysis (LCTA) program is the Army's standard for land inventory and monitoring, employing standardized methods of natural resources data collection, analyses, and reporting...

Correlation of Land Condition Trend Analysis (LCTA) Rangeland Cover Measures to Satellite-Imagery-Derived Vegetation Indices. (1997)

Senseman, Gary M., Tweddale, Scott A., Anderson, Alan B., Bagley, Calvin F.

Using field data from the U.S. Army's land inventory and monitoring program, a study was conducted to examine the utility in estimating the quantity of vegetation cover with satellite imagery across...

Land Condition Trend Analysis (LCTA) Data Collection Software Users Manual. Version 1.0. (1997)

Anderson, Alan B., Sprouse, William, Kowalski, David, Brozka, Robert

The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) developed the Land Condition-Trend Analysis (LCTA) program, a component of the Integrated Training Area Management program...