Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Mapping forest species mixes across the Northeast from Landsat imagery: Expanded Northeast Forest Landcover Classifications

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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

    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

People

  • Jennifer Pontius: Principal Investigator

  • David Gudex-Cross: Content Provider

  • Alison Adams: Content Provider

Keywords

  • forest cover, forest type, landcover, landsat,

Organizations

  • 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

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Expanded Northeast Forest Landcover Classifications
    • Start Date: 2018-10-01
    • End Date: 2020-10-30
    • Description: 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.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: 20201223095024_FinalClassification.zip

    • Object Name: VMC.1344.3414

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: 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

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/northeast-forest-species-mapping-from-landsat/dataset/expanded-northeast-forest-landcover-classifications

    Attribute List

    Methods

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    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • Site Description: 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