| meta key # | modl002 |
| dataset or series of data | 1993 land use for Muddy Creek basin, Rhode River, MD |
| keywords | watershed, land use, agriculture, Maryland |
| originator | Weller, D.E. |
| file format | ARC/INFO polygon coverage |
| platform | Windows NT |
| study site locale | Rhode River watershed, Edgewater, Anne Arundel County, MD, USA |
| beg. date (yyyymmdd) | 1993 |
| ongoing? | no |
| end date (yyyymmdd) | 1993 |
| meas. freq. | once |
| site size | 2299 ha |
| # of stations | 2583 polygons |
| west long. | -76.623 |
| east long. | -76.535 |
| north lat. | 38.921 |
| south lat. | 38.844 |
| parameters | area, perimeter, land use#, land use-id, croptype, land use; 13 land use categories: forest, old field, row crop, orchard, pasture, ungrazed grass, fallow, farm yard, residential yard, road, building, marsh, water |
| current sharing status | available to collaborators |
| current advertising status | scientific publication, SERC web site |
| abstract | Land use for long-term Rhode River study watersheds. Used ARC/INFO to trace land use patches from 1984 1:2400 b/w aerial photos. The resulting coverage was geographically referenced using control points from 1:2400 topographic maps. The photos and maps were both obtained from the Anne Arundel Co. Office of Planning and Zoning. Updated the coverage from 1989 b/w 1:2400 photos and 1990 color slides. Verified land use in all patches observable on the ground. |
| additional documentation / reference article | Weller et. al unpublished ms. |