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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD)"”.
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A method for identifying commission and omission errors for cultivated crops in the national land cover dataset (NLCD) 2006
<p>The United States National Land Cover Database (NLCD), developed from the early 1990s to 2006, is an important resource for monitoring the nation’s land cover change. In this research, I developed a method that identifies and analyzes the commission and omission errors for two agricultural …
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Analysis and Comparison of a Detailed Land Cover Dataset versus the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) in Blacksburg, Virginia
… have completed accuracy assessments on the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD), little research has utilized a detailed digitized land cover dataset, like that available for the Town of Blacksburg, for this comparison. This study aims to evaluate the information available from a detailed land …
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A Comparison of Imperviousness Derived from a Detailed Land Cover Dataset (DLCD) versus the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) at Two Time Periods
To address accuracy concerns of the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD), this case study compares impervious surface from the NLCD to a Detailed Land Cover Dataset (DLCD) for the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia over two time periods (2005/2006 and 2011) at spatial aggregation scales (fine to coarse) …
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New applications of STEPL watershed modeling of CAFO feedlot runoff and implications of surface water impacts
… and phosphorus, among other pollutants, by land use for a watershed. The Dry Creek Watershed Basin of Sioux County, Iowa, is delineated to capture runoff from large CAFO cattle feedlots. Feedlots are classified by digitizing land use data in ArcGIS, in order to estimate pollutant loads from …
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Canopy Characteristics Affecting Avian Reproductive Success: The Golden-cheeked Warbler
… mature juniper-oak (Juniperus-Quercus) woodlands; however, relationships between habitat characteristics and golden-cheeked warbler reproductive success remain unclear. Whereas the majority of golden-cheeked warbler research has focused on areas in the center of the breeding range, little is …
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Future Lyme Disease Risk in the Southeastern United States Based on Projected Land Cover
… no research has considered the role of future land cover patterns upon its distribution. This research examines Lyme disease risk in the southeastern United States based on estimated land cover projections under four different Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report Emissions …