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National Land Cover Characterization Project
Entry ID: USGS_NLCCP

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Summary
Abstract: The National Land Cover Characterization project was created in 1995 to support
the original Multi-Resolution Land Characterization (MRLC) initiative and
fulfill the requirement to develop a nationally consistent land cover data set
from MRLC data called National Land Cover Data 1992 (NLCD 92). This culminated
in the September 2000 completion of land-cover mapping using a modified
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Description: NLCD Land Cover Statistics Database.
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Caption:  Sample Data for Washington D.C. Area
 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 76.63   S: 13.71   E: -61.48   W: -177.1

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Vogelmann, J.E., S.M. Howard, L. Yang, C.R. Larson, B.K. Wylie, N. Van Driel
Dataset Title: National Land Cover Characterization Project
Dataset Release Date: 2001
Dataset Release Place: Sioux Falls, SD
Dataset Publisher: USGS EROS Data Center
Data Presentation Form: map
Online Resource: http://landcover.usgs.gov/
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > AGRICULTURAL LANDS Parameter Definition
BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS Parameter Definition
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Ancillary Keywords
Walleye Pollock
Theragra chalcogramma
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Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
Data Center
University of Washington Fish Collection, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://uwfishcollection.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: KATHERINE PEARSON MASLENIKOV
Phone: (206) 543-3816
Fax: (206) 685-3275
Email: pearsonk at u.washington.edu
Contact Address:
University of Washington Fish Collection
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Fisheries Teaching and Research Building, rm. 005
Box 355100
1140 NE Boat St.
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195
Country: USA
Personnel
KATHERINE PEARSON MASLENIKOV
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: (206) 543-3816
Fax: (206) 685-3275
Email: pearsonk at u.washington.edu
Contact Address:
University of Washington Fish Collection
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Fisheries Teaching and Research Building, rm. 005
Box 355100
1140 NE Boat St.
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195
Country: USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2005-11-25
Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-04-06

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