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Land cover map including wetlands and invasive Phragmites circa 2017 for Eastern Lake Erie

The first basin-wide map of large stands of invasive Phragmites australis (common reed) in the coastal zone was created through a collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and Michigan Tech Research Institute (Bourgeau-Chavez et al 2013). This data set represents a revised version of that map and was created using multi-temporal PALSAR data and Landsat images from 2016-2017. In addition to Phragmites distribution, the data sets shows several land cover types including urban, agriculture, forest, shrub, emergent wetland, forested wetland, and some based on the dominant plant species (e.g., Schoenoplectus, Typha). The classified map was validated using over 400 field visits.This map covers the eastern portion of Lake Erie.

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Author(s) Kurt P Kowalski orcid, Michael A. Battaglia orcid, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez orcid
Publication Date 2019-11-21
Beginning Date of Data 2015-04-14
Ending Date of Data 2017-10-30
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OX21T6
Citation Kowalski, K.P., Battaglia, M.A., and Bourgeau-Chavez, L., 2019, Land cover map including wetlands and invasive Phragmites circa 2017 for Eastern Lake Erie: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OX21T6.
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Metadata Date 2020-08-20
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