Golden Eagle Breeding Habitat Probability Within Photovoltaic Capacity
Dates
Publication Date
2022
Time Period
2022
Citation
Samuel N Chambers, Michael C Duniway, Brian Woodbridge, Geoffrey Bedrosian, and Zach Wallace, 2022, Golden Eagle Breeding Habitat Probability Within Photovoltaic Capacity.
Summary
Knowledge of where energy resources occur and where there is existing development or new development potential, in conjunction with model-predicted golden eagle relative nest site density (Dunk et al. 2019), can be used to identify areas with higher or lower potential resource conflict. Depicted on the map is a 16-class raster that displays the spatial overlap of solar resources (4 classes, low to high) and golden eagle relative nest site density (4 classes, lower to higher). This raster displays the intersection of multi-year mean capacity factors (MCF) for solar photovoltaic systems and the golden eagle relative nest site density within ecoregion raster. We have divided each probability into equal intervals, and then intersected [...]
Summary
Knowledge of where energy resources occur and where there is existing development or new development potential, in conjunction with model-predicted golden eagle relative nest site density (Dunk et al. 2019), can be used to identify areas with higher or lower potential resource conflict. Depicted on the map is a 16-class raster that displays the spatial overlap of solar resources (4 classes, low to high) and golden eagle relative nest site density (4 classes, lower to higher). This raster displays the intersection of multi-year mean capacity factors (MCF) for solar photovoltaic systems and the golden eagle relative nest site density within ecoregion raster. We have divided each probability into equal intervals, and then intersected those two 4-class rasters to create a new raster that classifies most areas in the intermountain west into joined solar system MCF and golden eagle relative nest site density (<25, 25-50, 50-75, and >75% for solar MCF and <25, 25-50, 50-75, and >75% for golden eagles; 16 classes).
Dunk JR, Woodbridge B, Lickfett TM, Bedrosian G, Noon BR, LaPlante DW, et al. (2019) Modeling spatial variation in density of golden eagle nest sites in the western United States. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0223143. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223143
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To represent the matrix of solar mean capacity factors and golden eagle habitat in the western United States. This dataset was developed to support use of this layer in Smart Energy web tools.
