Land Cover Trends Project
Fact Sheet
2006-3020
By: William Acevedo
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Abstract
The Land Cover Trends Project is designed to document the types, rates, causes, and consequences of land cover change from 1973 to 2000 within each of the 84 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Level III ecoregions that span the conterminous United States. The project's objectives are to:
* Develop a comprehensive methodology using probability sampling and change analysis techniques and Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS), Thematic Mapper (TM), and Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) data for estimating regional land cover change.
* Characterize the spatial and temporal characteristics of conterminous U.S. land cover change for five periods from 1973 to 2000 (nominally 1973, 1980, 1986, 1992, and 2000).
* Document the regional driving forces and consequences of change.
* Prepare a national synthesis of land cover change.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Land Cover Trends Project |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2006-3020 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20063020 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 1 p. |
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