The National Land Cover Database
Fact Sheet
2012-3020
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Abstract
The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) serves as the definitive Landsat-based, 30-meter resolution, land cover database for the Nation. NLCD provides spatial reference and descriptive data for characteristics of the land surface such as thematic class (for example, urban, agriculture, and forest), percent impervious surface, and percent tree canopy cover. NLCD supports a wide variety of Federal, State, local, and nongovernmental applications that seek to assess ecosystem status and health, understand the spatial patterns of biodiversity, predict effects of climate change, and develop land management policy. NLCD products are created by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium, a partnership of Federal agencies led by the U.S. Geological Survey. All NLCD data products are available for download at no charge to the public from the MRLC Web site: http://www.mrlc.gov.
Suggested Citation
Homer, C.G., Fry, J.A., Barnes, C., 2012, The National Land Cover Database: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3020, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20123020.
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | The National Land Cover Database |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2012-3020 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20123020 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Country | United States |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |