Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Catskill Mountains Vegetation Cover Maps: Vegetation Class Raster

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Metadata Provider

  • 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

Abstract

    Vegetation cover maps produced for the Catskill Mountains in New York using remotely-sensed Landsat imagery.

People

  • Gary Lovett: Principal Investigator

  • Jamie Deppen: Content Provider

  • Kenneth Driese: Content Provider

  • Samuel Simkin: Content Provider

  • William Reiners: Content Provider

  • Joy Damon: Content Provider

Keywords

  • landsat, vegetation cover maps,

Organizations

  • Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies : lead
  • Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) : partner

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Vegetation Class Raster
    • Start Date: 1997-01-01
    • End Date: 2001-08-01
    • Description: A raster image of vegetation classes in the Catskills. See documents for metadata information.

    • Purpose: The purpose of this project was to mapping vegetation classes using Landsat imagery.

    • Condensed Title: 20181107130907_w001001x.zip

    • Object Name: VMC.1309.2630

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Lovett GM, Driese, KL, Simkin, SM, and Reiners, WA. (2001) Vegetation Class Raster. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/catskill-vegetation-maps/dataset/vegetation-class-raster

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/catskill-vegetation-maps/dataset/vegetation-class-raster

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Value
      • Label: Vegetation
      • Description: Type of vegetation cover
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      • Custom List: Vegetation Codes
        • Code: 1
          • Definition: Water
        • Code: 2
          • Definition: Non-forest
        • Code: 3
          • Definition: Human built up
        • Code: 4
          • Definition: Oak dominated
        • Code: 5
          • Definition: Maple dominated
        • Code: 6
          • Definition: Birch dominated
        • Code: 7
          • Definition: Beech dominated
        • Code: 8
          • Definition: Other deciduous
        • Code: 9
          • Definition: Spruce/fir
        • Code: 10
          • Definition: Hemlock/pine
        • Code: 11
          • Definition: Mixed evgn/decid

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset