GCIP/NESOB-97 Land Characterization: EDC NASA Landsat Pathfinder https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/40.053 Summary The North American Landscape Characterization (NALC) project is a collaborative effort between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide complete coverage of the conterminous U.S. and Mexico for the purposes of mapping land cover and land cover change. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 40.053 Citation U.S. Geological Survey. 2001. GCIP/NESOB-97 Land Characterization: EDC NASA Landsat Pathfinder. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/40.053 Accessed 29 Mar 2024. If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at: datahelp@eol.ucar.edu We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI. Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * GCIP/NESOB-97: ARM/GCIP Near-Surface Observation Data Set - 1997 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FNESOB-97 Additional information * Spatial Type: grid * Frequency: no set schedule * Language: English Categories * Land Character Platforms * LANDSAT Instruments * Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus - ETM+ GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND USE CLASSES * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE CLASSES * EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION Related links * download: http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/pathfinder/pathpage.html#nalc Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1973-01-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 1992-12-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 20.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -130.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -50.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * originator: U.S. Geological Survey https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/472 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/40.053?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/40.053?format=isotc211