Research Proposal
Introduction Throughout our earth deforestation and air quality are both very hot topic issues. We know that trees help air quality by sequestering carbon but my study will see if there is a direct connection to the amount of canopy cover in an area to the air quality in that specific area. I will be using data from NLCD, specifically the canopy cover data for tree abundance. For air quality I will be using EPAair quality data. Objectives: -See if there is a direct correlation between trees within a specific area and air quality in that specific area. - Further information about how much forest in the United States is actually there still. Methodology - I will use GIS to display both the forest cover and air quality in two separate maps. - I will use spatial analysis to see if there is a correlation between the two. Deliverables -Three maps with one showing canopy cover, one showing air quality and the third a spatial analysis map, all of which will be of the United States....