Data release for the Understanding recurrent land use processes and long-term transitions in the dynamic south-central United States, c. 1800 to 2006

The dataset was generated for the South Central Plains EPA level III ecoregion which extends through eastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, and a small portion of southeastern Oklahoma covering approximately 15.2 ha. Contained in the data set are land change causes that occurred between 2001 to 2006 such as forest harvest, surficial mining, and cropland expansion. Only those pixels (30-meter resolution) that have changed during the time period have their cause classified, otherwise no change is indicated between 2001 and 2006. In general, the process to create the data combined an automated and manual interpretation approach of spatial data to correctly identify land change causes. In the approach,...

Tags: NLCD, South Central Plains, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), eastern Texas, forest change, All tags... land change, land change causes, land cover, land cover change, land transformation, land use, land use change, northwest Louisiana, south-central US, south-central United States, southeastern Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, Fewer tags