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Landuse / Landcover Map of Los Planes Watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico
This landuse / landcover (LULC) map displays a basic depiction of the Los Planes watershed in Baja California Sur, Mexico. This simplified, 7-class LULC map displays classes that are useful for hydrologic modeling and broad vegetation mapping in the region. It was created from analysis of six Sentinel-2 satellite images and other existing geospatial datasets. These satellite images are provided at 10-meter spatial resolution and were calibrated for topographic illumination effects to enhance its accuracy in rugged, mountainous terrain like that seen in the watershed. A novel filtering methodology was also applied to minimize the "salt-and-pepper effect" from the principle component analysis (PCA) and image classification methodology. See "lulc_los_planes_watershed_final_2_legend.jpg" for a low-resolution overview of the image and legend.
Author(s) |
Barry R Middleton |
Publication Date | 2024-08-30 |
Beginning Date of Data | 2021-01-11 |
Ending Date of Data | 2021-11-17 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P13ZGDRG |
Citation | Middleton, B.R., and Norman, L.M., 2024, Landuse / Landcover Map of Los Planes Watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13ZGDRG. |
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Metadata Date | 2024-08-30 |
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: 2024-08-31T04:50:41.880Z