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EcoSheds Summarized National Land Cover Database 2001 - 2016 for Hydro Region 2

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2001
End Date
2016

Citation

Gressler, B.P., and Young, J.A., 2021, Spatial Hydro-Ecological Decision System Summarized Designing Sustainable Landscapes and National Land Cover Database Data for SHEDS Region 2 (ver. 1.1, March 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P944W2WT.

Summary

Summarization of US Geological Survey National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2016 Land Cover datasets with the Spatial Hydro-Ecological Decision System (SHEDS) framework. These NLCD data were summarized using the local and upstream total accumulation methods within SHEDS. These datasets contain the area in square meters covered by each land cover class within all the land cover datasets for the local SHEDS catchments along with the area-weighted sum of the local and all upstream SHEDS catchment values. The local catchment summarizations also include the percentage of the catchment that contains land cover data for the particular class being summarized.

Contacts

Originator :
Benjamin (Contractor) P Gressler, John A Young
Point of Contact :
John A Young
Metadata Contact :
John A Young
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Eastern Ecological Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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NLCD_Upstream_Sum_Area_EcoSheds.csv 129.82 MB text/csv
EcoSheds_NLCD_Data_Dictionary.csv 86.46 KB text/csv
NLCD_Local_Sum_Area_EcoSheds.csv 196.52 MB text/csv

Purpose

Summarizing the NLCD data within the Spatial Hydro-Ecological Decision System (SHEDS) framework brings the scale of these data to 1:24,000 which is much more representative of the hydrologic network than the more common 1:100,000 scale. This finer scale is more meaningful for managers and others working at this finer scale local level and the summarization within catchments creates a simple framework for compiling other sets of environmental data into a single structure. Additionally, SHEDS calculates upstream accumulation for the variables which is an important metric when analyzing linear flow networks. A potential use for these data would be as input for studies that require a fine spatial scale to develop meaningful conclusions at the catchment level.

Additional Information

Identifiers

Type Scheme Key
DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P944W2WT
USGS_ScienceCenter https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier Leetown Science Center
USGS_MissionArea https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier Ecosystems
USGS_keywords https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier Geography

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