Development of the USGS national land-cover database over two decades
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Abstract
Land-cover composition and change have profound impacts on terrestrial ecosystems. Land-cover and land-use (LCLU) conditions and their changes can affect social and physical environments by altering ecosystem conditions and services. Information about LCLU change is often used to produce landscape-based metrics and evaluate landscape conditions to monitor LCLU status and trends over a specific time interval (Loveland et al. 2002; Coppin et al. 2004; Lunetta et al. 2006). Continuous, accurate, and up-to-date land-cover data are important for natural resource and ecosystem management and are needed to support consistent monitoring of landscape attributes over time. Large-area land-cover information at regional, national, and global scales is critical for monitoring landscape variations over large areas.
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Xian, G.Z., Homer, C.G., Yang, L., 2011, Development of the USGS national land-cover database over two decades, chap. of Advances in environmental remote sensing, p. 525-543, https://doi.org/10.1201/b10599-26.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Development of the USGS national land-cover database over two decades |
| ISBN | 978-1-4200-9175-5 |
| DOI | 10.1201/b10599-26 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 19 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Advances in environmental remote sensing |
| First page | 525 |
| Last page | 543 |