Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Mapping forest species mixes across the Northeast from Landsat imagery: 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, 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

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    Data Table

    • Title: Northeast Forest Landcover Classifications
    • Start Date: 1985-01-01
    • End Date: 2015-12-31
    • Description: This dataset contains a raster of landcover classifications (forest, nonforest) and forest type classifications (based on modeled percent basal area) from 1985 to 2015 derived from Landsat imagery for the northern forest portions of Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.

    • Purpose:

    • Condensed Title: 20190410130432_FinalClassifications.zip

    • Object Name: VMC.1344.2741

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Gudex-Cross D., J. Pontius, A. Adams (2019) Northeast Forest Landcover Classifications. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/northeast-forest-species-mapping-from-landsat/dataset/landcover-classifications

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

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Forest
      • Label: Forest Cover
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Nonforest
      • Label: Nonforest Cover
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1
      Attribute Name: Full_Landcover
      • Label: Full Landcover
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      • String Format: D-M-YY
      • Number Type: -1

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