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GCIP/NESOB-96 Land Characterization: EDC NASA Landsat Pathfinder

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.

Data access

download: pathpage.html#nalc

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/19.041
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Related projects	GCIP/NESOB-96: ARM/GCIP Near-Surface Observation Data Set - 1996
Spatial Type	grid
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Land Character
Platforms	LANDSAT
Instruments	Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus - ETM+
GCMD Science Keywords	LAND USE CLASSES LAND USE CLASSES LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION Expand keywords
Related links	info: GCIP Data Plans and Reports homepage: GCIP EOL Homepage homepage: GCIP/NESOB 96 EOL Homepage download: pathpage.html#nalc

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1973-01-01 00:00:00
End datetime	1992-12-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 20.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -130.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -50.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

originator: U.S. Geological Survey

This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.