Overall Methodology Design for the United States National Land Cover Database 2016 Products

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 24; p. 2971
• Main Authors: Jin, Suming, Homer, Collin, Yang, Limin, Danielson, Patrick, Dewitz, Jon, Li, Congcong, Zhu, Zhe, Xian, George, Howard, Danny
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 11.12.2019
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Automation; Change detection; Classification; Design; Editing; Land cover; Land use planning; Landsat; Landsat satellites; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Temperature; Training; Trajectory analysis; United States > US

The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2016 provides a suite of data products, including land cover and land cover change of the conterminous United States from 2001 to 2016, at two- to three-year intervals. The development of this product is part of an effort to meet the growing demand for longer...