USGS Gap Analysis Project - Additional Data – Aspect
Dates
Publication Date
2011-02-22
Start Date
1999-01-01
End Date
2007-01-01
Citation
U.S. Geological Survey - Core Science Analytics, Synthesis, and Library - Gap Analysis Project, 20110222, USGS Gap Analysis Project - Additional Data – Aspect: U.S. Geological Survey, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7FT8JXP.
Summary
Aspect is the compass direction toward which a slope faces, measured in degrees from North in a clockwise direction from 0 to 360. Aspect was generated using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, with the USGS National Elevation Dataset as input. For quality information regarding the National Elevation Dataset, see http://nationalmap.gov/elevation.html. These data cover the entire continental U.S. and are a continuous data layer. These raster data have a 30 m x 30 m cell resolution. This aspect data set is considered official foundational data for the GAP species modeling process. The data have been made available provisionally to enhance understanding and use of GAP species data.
Summary
Aspect is the compass direction toward which a slope faces, measured in degrees from North in a clockwise direction from 0 to 360. Aspect was generated using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, with the USGS National Elevation Dataset as input. For quality information regarding the National Elevation Dataset, see http://nationalmap.gov/elevation.html. These data cover the entire continental U.S. and are a continuous data layer. These raster data have a 30 m x 30 m cell resolution. This aspect data set is considered official foundational data for the GAP species modeling process. The data have been made available provisionally to enhance understanding and use of GAP species data.
Additional data, such as aspect, are used in the GAP species modeling process. Aspect range (measured in degrees from 0 to 360) identified as usable habitat for species is used with this aspect data to determine habitat suitability in a spatially explicit way.
