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The Global Land-Cover Characteristics Database: The users' perspective The Global Land-Cover Characteristics Database: The users' perspective
A unique global land-cover characteristics database developed by the U.S. Geological Survey has been available to users since mid-1997. Access to the data is through the internet under the EROS (Earth Resources Observation Systems) Data Center's home page (http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/glcc/glcc.html). Since the release of the database, the data have been incorporated into various
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Jesslyn F. Brown, Thomas R. Loveland, Donald O. Ohlen, Zhi-Liang Zhu
An analysis of IGBP global land-cover characterization process An analysis of IGBP global land-cover characterization process
The international Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP) has called for the development of improved global land-cover data for use in increasingly sophisticated global environmental models. To meet this need, the staff of the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln developed and applied a global land-cover characterization methodology using 1992-1993 1-km resolution...
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Thomas R. Loveland, Zhiliang Zhu, Donald O. Ohlen, Jesslyn F. Brown, Bradley C. Reed, Limin Yang
The EOS land validation core sites: background information and current status The EOS land validation core sites: background information and current status
The EOS Land Validation Core Sites1 will provide the user community with timely ground, aircraft, and satellite data for EOS science and validation investigations. The sites, currently 24 distributed worldwide, represent a consensus among the instrument teams and validation investigators and represent a range of global biome types (see Figure 1 and Table 1; Privette et al., 1999; Justice...
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J. Morisette, J.L. Privette, C. Justice, D. Olson, John L. Dwyer, P. Davis, D. Starr, D. Wickland
Designing an accuracy assessment for a USGS regional land cover mapping program Designing an accuracy assessment for a USGS regional land cover mapping program
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Z. Zhu, L. Yang, S.V. Stehman, R.L. Czaplewsld
Proceedings of the Third International Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Mapping Workshop : a compilation of abstracts and short papers presented at the U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Alaska Field Office, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., June 3-7, 1998 Proceedings of the Third International Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Mapping Workshop : a compilation of abstracts and short papers presented at the U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Alaska Field Office, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., June 3-7, 1998
No abstract available.
Authors
Carl J. Markon, Donald A. Walker
Exploring the correlation between Southern Africa NDVI and Pacific sea surface temperatures: Results for the 1998 maize growing season Exploring the correlation between Southern Africa NDVI and Pacific sea surface temperatures: Results for the 1998 maize growing season
Several studies have identified statistically significant correlations between Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies and NDVI anomalies in Southern Africa. The potential predictive value of the relationship was explored for the 1998 maize growing season. Cross-validation techniques suggested a more useful relationship for regions of wet anomaly than for regions of dry anomaly...
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James P. Verdin, Chris Funk, Robert W. Klaver, D. Roberts
Managing data from multiple disciplines, scales, and sites to support synthesis and modeling Managing data from multiple disciplines, scales, and sites to support synthesis and modeling
The synthesis and modeling of ecological processes at multiple spatial and temporal scales involves bringing together and sharing data from numerous sources. This article describes a data and information system model that facilitates assembling, managing, and sharing diverse data from multiple disciplines, scales, and sites to support integrated ecological studies. Cross-site scientific...
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R. J. Olson, J. M. Briggs, J.H. Porter, Grant R. Mah, S.G. Stafford
Global land cover mapping and validation: Special issue, Foreword Global land cover mapping and validation: Special issue, Foreword
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Thomas R. Loveland, J. E. Estes, Joseph Scepan
Loose-coupling a cellular automaton model and GIS: Long-term urban growth prediction for San Francisco and Washington/Baltimore Loose-coupling a cellular automaton model and GIS: Long-term urban growth prediction for San Francisco and Washington/Baltimore
Prior research developed a cellular automaton model, that was calibrated by using historical digital maps of urban areas and can be used to predict the future extent of an urban area. The model has now been applied to two rapidly growing, but remarkably different urban areas: the San Francisco Bay region in California and the Washington/Baltimore corridor in the Eastern United States...
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Keith Clarke, Leonard Gaydos
Mapping global grassland ecosystems: A comparison of four data sets Mapping global grassland ecosystems: A comparison of four data sets
Grassland ecosystems have broad global geographic distribution, occurring in tropical and temperate latitudes and from near sea level to high mountain slopes. The author lists the areas by continent of the world's grasslands as depicted in four global land cover data sets. Grasslands, by definition, include regions where the dominant vegetative cover is herbaceous. Functionally, they...
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J.F. Brown
An analysis of relationships among climate forcing and time-integrated NDVI of grasslands over the U.S. northern and central Great Plains An analysis of relationships among climate forcing and time-integrated NDVI of grasslands over the U.S. northern and central Great Plains
Time-integrated normalized difference vegetation index (TI NDVI) derived from the multitemporal satellite imagery (1989–1993) was used as a surrogate for primary production to investigate climate impacts on grassland performance for central and northern Great Plains grasslands. Results suggest that spatial and temporal variability in growing season precipitation, potential...
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Limin Yang, Bruce K. Wylie, Larry L. Tieszen, Bradley C. Reed
Land cover mapping of the National Park Service northwest Alaska management area using Landsat multispectral and thematic mapper satellite data Land cover mapping of the National Park Service northwest Alaska management area using Landsat multispectral and thematic mapper satellite data
A land cover map of the National Park Service northwest Alaska management area was produced using digitally processed Landsat data. These and other environmental data were incorporated into a geographic information system to provide baseline information about the nature and extent of resources present in this northwest Alaskan environment. This report details the methodology, depicts...
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C. J. Markon, Sara Wesser