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Land cover classification of the Central Arizona-Phoenix area using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data - year 1995

Publication date: 2008

Author(s):

  • Matthias Moeller, Arizona State University

Abstract:

This land cover classification map was created using Landsat TM data from the year 1995. The map covers the area of the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research study.


Keywords:


Temporal Coverage:

1995

Geographic Coverage:

Geographic Description: Central Arizona Phoenix
Bounding Coordinates:
Longitude:-112.78643 to -111.579783
Latitude:33.8516 to 33.206695

Contact:

Information Manager, Arizona State University, 
Global Institute of Sustainability,POB 874502,TEMPE
 caplter.data@asu.edu

Methods used in producing this dataset: Show


Data Files (1) :

Raster: cap_lter_tm_95_class

Description: Land cover classification using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data - year 1995
Horizontal Coordinate System:WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_12N
Rows:2465
Columns:3904

Column Description Type Units
OID Internal feature number.
OID
Value Thematic value of the cell
Integer
Enumeration:
  • 0: Unclassified
  • 2: 21 low intensity residential
  • 3: 22 low intensity residential
  • 4: 23 commerical/industrial/transportation
  • 24: 84 fallow farmland
  • 28: water
  • 29: 81 - 83 cultivated farmland vegetation
  • 32: 85 urban/residential vegetation
Class_name name of landuse class
string
Enumeration:
  • 0: Unclassified
  • 2: 21 low intensity residential
  • 3: 22 low intensity residential
  • 4: 23 commerical/industrial/transportation
  • 24: 84 fallow farmland
  • 28: water
  • 29: 81 - 83 cultivated farmland vegetation
  • 32: 85 urban/residential vegetation
Red Red value of legend color
Double dimensionless
Green Green value of legend color
Double dimensionless
Blue blue value of legend color
Double dimensionless
Opacity Opacity of legend color
Double dimensionless
Count Number of pixels of each land use - land cover type used to build a histogram
Double number

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