Meta Identifier	EPA_lndcvr
Type of Data	Landsat Land Cover
Originator	USEPA/USGS
Description	These data were derived from a 1992 Landsat image for the purpose of discerning land use impacts and landscape condition. One focus of this project is urbanizing or industrial areas because those types of land use have the greatest impacts on nearby streams. Classifications from EPA have been condensed to 14 categories from 20 by the IFR KRIS project to make for easier use in analysis.
Area	Project Area
Metadata Date	10/28/02
Metadata Contact	Eli Asarian
Contact Person Primary	P. J. Trichilo
Status	complete
Access Constraints	None
Lead Person	P. J. Trichilo
Lead Organization	IFR
Data Set Name	epa_calwater_land_cover.dbf, epa_landcover_calwaters.dbf
Purpose	This land cover data set was produced as part of a cooperative project between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to produce a consistent, land cover data layer for the conterminous U.S. based on 30-meter Landsat thematic mapper (TM) data
Data Quality Information	Considered a good general land cover classification on a large regional scale. Date of Landsat (1992) are now 10 yrs old. Crop types in the irrigated areas were difficult to reliably distinguish; row crops are likely to be under represented.
Use Constraints	None except to pay attention to 30 meter pixel resolution and currency of image when used in land use planning.
Supplemental Information	Data in KRIS GIS Maps.
Keywords	land cover
On Line Linkage (URL)	http://edc.usgs.gov/
Publisher	U.S. EPA
Publication Place	Sioux Falls, Idaho
Issue Identification	landscape condition
Title	US EPA Land Cover Imagery
Other Citation Details	Data produced by the MRLC Regional Land Cover Characterization Project
Storage Location	USGS
Contact Organization	US Geological Survey EROS Data Center (EDC)
Contact City	Sioux Falls
Contact State	SD
Contact Voice Telephone	(605) 594-6114
Contact Email	mrlc@edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

 
 
 

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