Roger Auch (Former Employee)
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Conterminous United States land cover change patterns 2001–2016 from the 2016 National Land Cover Database Conterminous United States land cover change patterns 2001–2016 from the 2016 National Land Cover Database
The 2016 National Land Cover Database (NLCD) product suite (available on www.mrlc.gov), includes Landsat-based, 30 m resolution products over the conterminous (CONUS) United States (U.S.) for land cover, urban imperviousness, and tree, shrub, herbaceous and bare ground fractional percentages. The release of NLCD 2016 provides important new information on land change patterns across CONUS...
Authors
Collin G. Homer, Jon Dewitz, Suming Jin, George Z. Xian, Catherine Costello, Patrick Danielson, Leila Gass, Michelle Funk, James Wickham, Steven Stehman, Roger F. Auch, Kurt H. Riitters
Lessons learned implementing an operational continuous United States national land change monitoring capability: The Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) approach Lessons learned implementing an operational continuous United States national land change monitoring capability: The Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) approach
Growing demands for temporally specific information on land surface change are fueling a new generation of maps and statistics that can contribute to understanding geographic and temporal patterns of change across large regions, provide input into a wide range of environmental modeling studies, clarify the drivers of change, and provide more timely information for land managers. To meet...
Authors
Jesslyn F. Brown, Heather J. Tollerud, Christopher Barber, Qiang Zhou, John L. Dwyer, James Vogelmann, Thomas Loveland, Curtis Woodcock, Stephen V. Stehman, Zhe Zhu, Bruce Pengra, Kelcy Smith, Josephine Horton, George Z. Xian, Roger F. Auch, Terry L. Sohl, Kristi Sayler, Alisa L. Gallant, Daniel Zelenak, Ryan R. Reker, Jennifer R. Rover
Case study comparing multiple irrigated land datasets in Arizona and Colorado, USA Case study comparing multiple irrigated land datasets in Arizona and Colorado, USA
While there are currently a number of irrigated land datasets available for the western United States (U.S.), there is uncertainty regarding in how they relate to each other. To help understand the characteristics of available irrigated datasets, we compared (1) the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), (2) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Irrigated Agriculture Dataset (IAD), (3)...
Authors
Hua Shi, Roger F. Auch, James Vogelmann, Min Feng, Matthew B. Rigge, Gabriel B. Senay, James Verdin
Human drivers, biophysical changes, and climatic variation affecting contemporary cropping proportions in the northern prairie of the U.S Human drivers, biophysical changes, and climatic variation affecting contemporary cropping proportions in the northern prairie of the U.S
Grassland to cropland conversion in the northern prairie of the United States has been a topic of recent land use change studies. Within this region more corn and soybeans are grown now (2017) than in the past, but most studies to date have not examined multi-decadal trends and the synergistic web of socio-ecological driving forces involved, opting instead for short-term analyses and...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, George Z. Xian, Christopher R. Laingen, Kristi Sayler, R Reker
Understanding recurrent land use processes and long-term transitions in the dynamic south-central United States, c. 1800 to 2006 Understanding recurrent land use processes and long-term transitions in the dynamic south-central United States, c. 1800 to 2006
Forests have historically been under significant land use pressures that cause periods of degradation, clearance, and recovery. To understand these changes, studies are needed that place trends in a historical landscape context and also examine recent dynamics. Here, we use historical investigation (c. 1800) and an examination of land use and land cover change between 1973 and 2006 to...
Authors
Mark A. Drummond, Glenn E. Griffith, Roger F. Auch, Michael P. Stier, Janis L. Taylor, D. J. Hester, Jodi L. Riegle, Jamie L. McBeth
Optimizing selection of training and auxiliary data for operational land cover classification for the LCMAP initiative Optimizing selection of training and auxiliary data for operational land cover classification for the LCMAP initiative
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative is a new end-to-end capability to continuously track and characterize changes in land cover, use, and condition to better support research and applications relevant to resource management and environmental change. Among the LCMAP product suite are annual land cover maps that will be...
Authors
Zhe Zhu, Alisa L. Gallant, Curtis Woodcock, Bruce Pengra, Pontus Olofsson, Thomas R. Loveland, Suming Jin, Devendra Dahal, Limin Yang, Roger F. Auch
Regional differences in upland forest to developed (urban) land cover conversions in the conterminous U.S., 1973–2011 Regional differences in upland forest to developed (urban) land cover conversions in the conterminous U.S., 1973–2011
In this U.S. Geological Survey study of forest land cover across the conterminous U.S. (CONUS), specific proportions and rates of forest conversion to developed (urban) land were assessed on an ecoregional basis. The study period was divided into six time intervals between 1973 and 2011. Forest land cover was the source of 40% or more of the new urban land in 35 of the 84 ecoregions...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, Mark A. Drummond, George Z. Xian, Kristi Sayler, William Acevedo, Janis Taylor
Status and trends of land change in the Midwest–South Central United States—1973 to 2000 Status and trends of land change in the Midwest–South Central United States—1973 to 2000
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Professional Paper 1794–C is the third in a four-volume series on the status and trends of the Nation’s land use and land cover, providing an assessment of the rates and causes of land-use and land-cover change in the Midwest–South Central United States between 1973 and 2000. Volumes A, B, and D provide similar analyses for the Western United States, the...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, Krista A. Karstensen
Status and trends of land change in the Great Plains of the United States--1973 to 2000 Status and trends of land change in the Great Plains of the United States--1973 to 2000
Preface U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Professional Paper 1794–B is the second in a four-volume series on the status and trends of the Nation’s land use and land cover, providing an assessment of the rates and causes of land-use and land-cover change in the Great Plains of the United States between 1973 and 2000. Volumes A, C, and D provide similar analyses for the Western United States...
Assessing landscape change and processes of recurrence, replacement, and recovery in the Southeastern Coastal Plains, USA Assessing landscape change and processes of recurrence, replacement, and recovery in the Southeastern Coastal Plains, USA
The processes of landscape change are complex, exhibiting spatial variability as well as linear, cyclical, and reversible characteristics. To better understand the various processes that cause transformation, a data aggregation, validation, and attribution approach was developed and applied to an analysis of the Southeastern Coastal Plains (SECP). The approach integrates information from...
Authors
Mark A. Drummond, Michael P. Stier, Roger F. Auch, Janis L. Taylor, Glenn E. Griffith, D. J. Hester, Jodi L. Riegle, Christopher E. Soulard, Jamie L. McBeth
The Southern Piedmont’s continued land-use evolution, 1973–2011 The Southern Piedmont’s continued land-use evolution, 1973–2011
The southern Piedmont in the U.S. was an important farming region during the 19th century, but by the end of the 20th century, agricultural land use had decreased substantially with forest becoming the majority land cover by the 1970s. Geographical literature has documented this change but has not concentrated on the region’s contemporary land uses. The Piedmont currently has three main...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, Darrell E. Napton, Kristi Sayler, Mark A. Drummond, Steven Kambly, Daniel G. Sorenson
Having it both ways? Land use change in a U.S. midwestern agricultural ecoregion Having it both ways? Land use change in a U.S. midwestern agricultural ecoregion
Urbanization has been directly linked to decreases in area of agricultural lands and, as such, has been considered a threat to food security. Although the area of land used to produce food has diminished, often overlooked have been changes in agricultural output. The Eastern Corn Belt Plains (ECBP) is an important agricultural region in the U.S. Midwest. It has both gained a significant...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, Chris R. Laingen
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 38
Conterminous United States land cover change patterns 2001–2016 from the 2016 National Land Cover Database Conterminous United States land cover change patterns 2001–2016 from the 2016 National Land Cover Database
The 2016 National Land Cover Database (NLCD) product suite (available on www.mrlc.gov), includes Landsat-based, 30 m resolution products over the conterminous (CONUS) United States (U.S.) for land cover, urban imperviousness, and tree, shrub, herbaceous and bare ground fractional percentages. The release of NLCD 2016 provides important new information on land change patterns across CONUS...
Authors
Collin G. Homer, Jon Dewitz, Suming Jin, George Z. Xian, Catherine Costello, Patrick Danielson, Leila Gass, Michelle Funk, James Wickham, Steven Stehman, Roger F. Auch, Kurt H. Riitters
Lessons learned implementing an operational continuous United States national land change monitoring capability: The Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) approach Lessons learned implementing an operational continuous United States national land change monitoring capability: The Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) approach
Growing demands for temporally specific information on land surface change are fueling a new generation of maps and statistics that can contribute to understanding geographic and temporal patterns of change across large regions, provide input into a wide range of environmental modeling studies, clarify the drivers of change, and provide more timely information for land managers. To meet...
Authors
Jesslyn F. Brown, Heather J. Tollerud, Christopher Barber, Qiang Zhou, John L. Dwyer, James Vogelmann, Thomas Loveland, Curtis Woodcock, Stephen V. Stehman, Zhe Zhu, Bruce Pengra, Kelcy Smith, Josephine Horton, George Z. Xian, Roger F. Auch, Terry L. Sohl, Kristi Sayler, Alisa L. Gallant, Daniel Zelenak, Ryan R. Reker, Jennifer R. Rover
Case study comparing multiple irrigated land datasets in Arizona and Colorado, USA Case study comparing multiple irrigated land datasets in Arizona and Colorado, USA
While there are currently a number of irrigated land datasets available for the western United States (U.S.), there is uncertainty regarding in how they relate to each other. To help understand the characteristics of available irrigated datasets, we compared (1) the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), (2) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Irrigated Agriculture Dataset (IAD), (3)...
Authors
Hua Shi, Roger F. Auch, James Vogelmann, Min Feng, Matthew B. Rigge, Gabriel B. Senay, James Verdin
Human drivers, biophysical changes, and climatic variation affecting contemporary cropping proportions in the northern prairie of the U.S Human drivers, biophysical changes, and climatic variation affecting contemporary cropping proportions in the northern prairie of the U.S
Grassland to cropland conversion in the northern prairie of the United States has been a topic of recent land use change studies. Within this region more corn and soybeans are grown now (2017) than in the past, but most studies to date have not examined multi-decadal trends and the synergistic web of socio-ecological driving forces involved, opting instead for short-term analyses and...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, George Z. Xian, Christopher R. Laingen, Kristi Sayler, R Reker
Understanding recurrent land use processes and long-term transitions in the dynamic south-central United States, c. 1800 to 2006 Understanding recurrent land use processes and long-term transitions in the dynamic south-central United States, c. 1800 to 2006
Forests have historically been under significant land use pressures that cause periods of degradation, clearance, and recovery. To understand these changes, studies are needed that place trends in a historical landscape context and also examine recent dynamics. Here, we use historical investigation (c. 1800) and an examination of land use and land cover change between 1973 and 2006 to...
Authors
Mark A. Drummond, Glenn E. Griffith, Roger F. Auch, Michael P. Stier, Janis L. Taylor, D. J. Hester, Jodi L. Riegle, Jamie L. McBeth
Optimizing selection of training and auxiliary data for operational land cover classification for the LCMAP initiative Optimizing selection of training and auxiliary data for operational land cover classification for the LCMAP initiative
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative is a new end-to-end capability to continuously track and characterize changes in land cover, use, and condition to better support research and applications relevant to resource management and environmental change. Among the LCMAP product suite are annual land cover maps that will be...
Authors
Zhe Zhu, Alisa L. Gallant, Curtis Woodcock, Bruce Pengra, Pontus Olofsson, Thomas R. Loveland, Suming Jin, Devendra Dahal, Limin Yang, Roger F. Auch
Regional differences in upland forest to developed (urban) land cover conversions in the conterminous U.S., 1973–2011 Regional differences in upland forest to developed (urban) land cover conversions in the conterminous U.S., 1973–2011
In this U.S. Geological Survey study of forest land cover across the conterminous U.S. (CONUS), specific proportions and rates of forest conversion to developed (urban) land were assessed on an ecoregional basis. The study period was divided into six time intervals between 1973 and 2011. Forest land cover was the source of 40% or more of the new urban land in 35 of the 84 ecoregions...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, Mark A. Drummond, George Z. Xian, Kristi Sayler, William Acevedo, Janis Taylor
Status and trends of land change in the Midwest–South Central United States—1973 to 2000 Status and trends of land change in the Midwest–South Central United States—1973 to 2000
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Professional Paper 1794–C is the third in a four-volume series on the status and trends of the Nation’s land use and land cover, providing an assessment of the rates and causes of land-use and land-cover change in the Midwest–South Central United States between 1973 and 2000. Volumes A, B, and D provide similar analyses for the Western United States, the...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, Krista A. Karstensen
Status and trends of land change in the Great Plains of the United States--1973 to 2000 Status and trends of land change in the Great Plains of the United States--1973 to 2000
Preface U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Professional Paper 1794–B is the second in a four-volume series on the status and trends of the Nation’s land use and land cover, providing an assessment of the rates and causes of land-use and land-cover change in the Great Plains of the United States between 1973 and 2000. Volumes A, C, and D provide similar analyses for the Western United States...
Assessing landscape change and processes of recurrence, replacement, and recovery in the Southeastern Coastal Plains, USA Assessing landscape change and processes of recurrence, replacement, and recovery in the Southeastern Coastal Plains, USA
The processes of landscape change are complex, exhibiting spatial variability as well as linear, cyclical, and reversible characteristics. To better understand the various processes that cause transformation, a data aggregation, validation, and attribution approach was developed and applied to an analysis of the Southeastern Coastal Plains (SECP). The approach integrates information from...
Authors
Mark A. Drummond, Michael P. Stier, Roger F. Auch, Janis L. Taylor, Glenn E. Griffith, D. J. Hester, Jodi L. Riegle, Christopher E. Soulard, Jamie L. McBeth
The Southern Piedmont’s continued land-use evolution, 1973–2011 The Southern Piedmont’s continued land-use evolution, 1973–2011
The southern Piedmont in the U.S. was an important farming region during the 19th century, but by the end of the 20th century, agricultural land use had decreased substantially with forest becoming the majority land cover by the 1970s. Geographical literature has documented this change but has not concentrated on the region’s contemporary land uses. The Piedmont currently has three main...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, Darrell E. Napton, Kristi Sayler, Mark A. Drummond, Steven Kambly, Daniel G. Sorenson
Having it both ways? Land use change in a U.S. midwestern agricultural ecoregion Having it both ways? Land use change in a U.S. midwestern agricultural ecoregion
Urbanization has been directly linked to decreases in area of agricultural lands and, as such, has been considered a threat to food security. Although the area of land used to produce food has diminished, often overlooked have been changes in agricultural output. The Eastern Corn Belt Plains (ECBP) is an important agricultural region in the U.S. Midwest. It has both gained a significant...
Authors
Roger F. Auch, Chris R. Laingen