Seasonal Land‐Cover Regions of the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8376104 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas R Loveland (0000-0003-3114-6646, United States Geological Survey, corresponding author), James W Merchant (Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources), Jesslyn F Brown (0000-0002-9976-1998, Baker Hughes (United States), corresponding author), Donald O Ohlen (Baker Hughes (United States)), Bradley C Reed (0000-0002-1132-7178, Baker Hughes (United States), corresponding author), Paul Olson, Paul É Olson (Baker Hughes (United States), corresponding author), John Hutchinson, John M Hutchinson (Baker Hughes (United States)) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 339-355 |
| Publication date | 1995-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1995.tb01797.x-i1 |
| OpenAlex | W2618579779 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 40 |
Global‐change investigations have been hindered by deficiencies in the availability and quality of land‐cover data. The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Nebraska‐Lincoln have collaborated on the development of a new approach to land‐cover characterization that attempts to address requirements of the global‐change research community and others interested in regional patterns of land cover. An experimental 1 ‐kilometer‐resolution database of land‐cover characteristics for the coterminous U.S. has been prepared to test and evaluate the approach. Using multidate Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite data complemented by elevation, climate, ecoregions, and other digital spatial datasets, the authors define 152, seasonal land‐cover regions. The regionalization is based on a taxonomy of areas with respect to data on land cover, seasonality or phenology, and relative levels of primary production. The resulting database consists of descriptions of the vegetation, land cover, and seasonal, spectral, and site characteristics for each region. These data are used in the construction of an illustrative 1:7,500,000‐scaIe map of the seasonal land‐cover regions as well as of smaller‐scale maps portraying general land cover and seasonality. The seasonal land‐cover characteristics database can also be tailored to provide a broad range of other landscape parameters useful in national and global‐scale environmental modeling and assessment
Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer · Cartography · Database · Environmental resource management · Geography · Land cover · Land use · Physical geography · Remote sensing · Satellite · Scale (ratio) · Seasonality · Vegetation (pathology) · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Computer Science · Ecology · Environmental Science · Remote Sensing in Agriculture · Species Distribution and Climate Change
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |