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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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Kurt P Kowalski |
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 |
Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
Access | public |
License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
Harvest Date: 2021-11-19T04:42:53.907Z