Mapping forest species mixes across the Northeast from Landsat imagery: Expanded Northeast Forest Landcover Classifications
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- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
- Address:
705 Spear Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States of America
Phone: (802) 391-4135
Email: femc@uvm.edu
Website: www.uvm.edu/femc
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This project utilized historical Landsat imagery, field-based data and novel remote sensing analytical techniques to map the percent basal area of select species across the northern forest region (northern New York, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire, Maine) of the northeastern USA and generated improved forest type maps and forest/non-forest classifications. An update in 2020 extended this mapping to southern Vermont and surrounding portions of New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts
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- Jennifer Pontius: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
- David Gudex-Cross: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- Alison Adams: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
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- Northeastern States Research Cooperative : funder
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture: funder
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service State & Private Forestry: funder
- Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation : partner
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- dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Expanded Northeast Forest Landcover Classifications
- dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2018-10-01
- dataset_eml_datatableendate: 2020-10-30
- dataset_eml_datatabledescription: This dataset contains a raster of forest type classifications (e.g. Spruce/Fir, Northern Hardwoods, etc.), based on modeled percent basal area, from 1985 to 2015 derived from Landsat imagery for all of Vermont and portions of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York. Forest/non-forest classifications are derived from the National Land Cover Database.
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- dateset_eml_datatableshortname: 20201223095024_FinalClassification.zip
- dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.1344.3414
- dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
- dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Gudex-Cross, D, J. Pontius. (2020) Expanded Northeast Forest Landcover Classifications . Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/northeast-forest-species-mapping-from-landsat/dataset/expanded-northeast-forest-landcover-classifications
- dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/northeast-forest-species-mapping-from-landsat/dataset/expanded-northeast-forest-landcover-classifications
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- dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: The northern forest portion of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, as well as southern Vermont and adjacent areas of New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts