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References Used in "Explanation of Analysis" Definitions

Some terms have updated definitions in the 1997 NRI Glossary.

  1. (AWMFH) Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook.
  2. (AH 537) Predicting Rainfall Erosion Losses. A Guide to Conservation Planning. USDA, SEA/Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture Handbook Number 537. December 1978.
  3. (BPI) Basic Photo Interpretation. A comprehensive approach to interpretation of vertical aerial photography for natural resource applications. Michael E. Rasher and Wayne Weaver, Ph.D.. USDA, SCS. November 1990
  4. (BS 1982) Basic Statistics--1982 National Resources Inventory. USDA, SCS/ISU Statistical Laboratory, Bulletin Number 756. September 1987.
  5. (CGDS) Primary Sampling Unit (PSU) Digitizing. SCS National Instruction 170-306. July 25, 1991.
  6. (DE) Dictionary of Ecology, Herbert C. Hanson, Catholic University of America, 1962.
  7. (FWS) Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States. USDI, FWS/OBS-79/31. December 1979.
  8. (LCC) Land-Capability Classification. USDA, SCS. Agriculture Handbook No. 210. January 1973.
  9. (LRR) Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States. USDA, SCS. Agriculture Handbook 296. December 1981.
  10. (MDH) Map Digitizing Handbook. National Cooperative Soil Survey. Draft 1991.
  11. (NAM) National Agronomy Manual. USDA, SCS. March 1988.
  12. (NFM) National Forestry Manual. USDA, NRCS. September 1998.
  13. (NFSAM) National Food Security Act Manual. USDA, SCS. July 1989.
  14. (NHCP) National Handbook of Conservation Practices. USDA, SCS. December 1990.
  15. (NPM) National Planning Manual. USDA, SCS. Draft. September 1990.
  16. (NRH) National Range Handbook. USDA, SCS. July 1976.
  17. (NRI-82) National Resources Inventory, 1982. Instructions for Collecting Sample Data. Revised May 1980.
  18. (NRI-87) National Resources Inventory, 1987. Instructions for Collecting Sample Data (and Supplemental Glossary). USDA, SCS/ISU Statistical Laboratory. September 1986.
  19. (NRI-92) Instructions for Collecting 1992 National Resources Inventory Sample Data. September 1991.
  20. (NRI-97) Instructions for Collecting 1997 National Resources Inventory Data. September 1997.
  21. (NSH) National Soils Handbook. USDA, SCS. July 1983. (Glossary of Land Form and Geologic Terms, Part 430-VI, November 1985).
  22. (NSSH) National Soil Survey Handbook. USDA, NRCS. April, 1998.
  23. (NWM) National Watershed Manual.
  24. (RISS) National Resources Inventory and Snow Survey and Water supply Forecasting Manual, February 1991.
  25. (SAF) Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada. Society of American Foresters. 1980.
  26. (SRM) A Glossary of Terms Used in Range Management. Society for Range Management, 1964.
  27. (SSM) Soil Survey Manual. USDA, NRCS. October 1993
  28. (SSSA) Soil Science Society of America. Glossary of Soil Science Terms. October 1998
  29. (TAX) Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Eight Edition, 1998.
  30. (WEB) Webster's II--New Riverside University Dictionary. Riverside Publishing Company, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1984.

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