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Land cover classification of central Arizona-Phoenix using Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) data, year 2005

Publication date: 2007-10-15

Author(s):

  • Alexander Buyantuyev

Abstract:

A fundamental dataset required for ecosystem analysis consists of the major types of land cover present in the study area and their areal percentages. Land cover refers to the physical nature of the surficial materials present in a given area such as water, grass, clay-rich soil, asphalt, or concrete. Land cover classification can be used as input into a variety of ecological models, and land cover maps can be constructed to aid in planning field sampling strategy. The land cover types can also be linked to different land use categories to investigate temporal and spatial changes in the urban ecosystem.


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Temporal Coverage:

2005-03-08

Geographic Coverage:

Geographic Description: Central Arizona Phoenix
Bounding Coordinates:
Longitude:-112.775139 to -111.569515
Latitude:33.850629 to 33.204016

Contact:

Information Manager, 
Global Institute of Sustainability,Arizona State University,POB 875402,TEMPE
 caplter.data@asu.edu

Methods used in producing this dataset: Show


Data Files (1) :

Raster: Land cover classification, 2005

Description: Landsat images acquired in May 24 and June 18, 1998 (Stefanov et al. 2001). The model performs a posteriori sorting of classes initially derived using Maximum Likelihood Supervised Classification by integrating with geographically co-registered auxiliary data layers such as land-use maps, variance texture computed for the 3X3 or 5X5 pixel neighborhood, water rights database, city boundaries, and Native American reservation boundaries.
Horizontal Coordinate System:WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_12N
Rows:2472
Columns:3901

Column Description Type Units
ObjectID Internal feature number.
OID
Cell Value Thematic Value of the cell
Integer
Enumeration:
  • 0: Undefined
  • 1: Cultivated Vegetation (Active)
  • 2: Cultivated Grass
  • 3: Fluvial and Lacustrine Sediments (Canals)
  • 4: Compacted Soil (Prior Agricultural Use)
  • 5: Vegetation
  • 6: Distributed (Commercial/Industrial)
  • 7: Disturbed (Asphalt and Concrete)
  • 8: Undisturbed
  • 9: Compacted Soil
  • 10: Disturbed (Mesic Residential)
  • 11: Disturbed (Xeric Residential)
  • 12: Water
Class_names Class_names
string
Enumeration:
  • 0: Undefined
  • 1: Cultivated Vegetation (Active)
  • 2: Cultivated Grass
  • 3: Fluvial and Lacustrine Sediments (Canals)
  • 4: Compacted Soil (Prior Agricultural Use)
  • 5: Vegetation
  • 6: Distributed (Commercial/Industrial)
  • 7: Disturbed (Asphalt and Concrete)
  • 8: Undisturbed
  • 9: Compacted Soil
  • 10: Disturbed (Mesic Residential)
  • 11: Disturbed (Xeric Residential)
  • 12: Water
Number of pixels Number of pixels of each land use - land cover type used to build a histogram
Double number

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