| meta key # | modl011 |
| dataset or series of data | EMAP land cover, Chesapeake Bay watershed |
| keywords | land cover, Environment Monitoring Program, Landsat |
| originator | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| file format | ARC/INFO grid |
| platform | Windows NT |
| study site locale | Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA |
| beg. date (yyyymmdd) | acquired 199306 |
| ongoing? | no |
| end date (yyyymmdd) | |
| meas. freq. | |
| site size | 25 m2 pixels |
| # of stations | |
| west long. | -80.633 |
| east long. | -74.58 |
| north lat. | 43.055 |
| south lat. | 36.602 |
| parameters | landcover class; 20 land cover categories: nodata, high intensity developed, low intensity developed, cultivated trees, crops, grass, deciduous forest, evergreen forest, mixed forest, bare soil, sand, rock, evaporite, snow, deciduous wooded wetland, evergreen forest |
| current sharing status | |
| current advertising status | advertised by originator |
| abstract | This grid is a preliminary release version from the EPA EMAP program, acquired in 1993. Land cover for Chesapeake Bay watershed was classified from 16 leaf-on Landsat scenes from 1988, 1989, and 1991. |
| additional documentation / reference article | http://www.epa.gov/emap/index.htmlEPA-EMAP. 1994. Chesapeake Bay watershed pilot project. EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program. |