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NLCD land cover of the Newcomb Tract

Terrestrial
Vegetation
Spatial Data
landcover
land cover
MRLC
NLCD
SEAS properties
Newcomb Tract
Abstract: 
This dataset contains the National land cover (NLCD 2011) in the UM property Newcomb Tract with 500-meter-buffer zone area. NLCD 2011 was the most recent national land cover product created by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium as of January 2019. The land cover classification scheme contained in the attribute table is applied consistently across the United States at a spatial resolution of 30 meters. More detail information of NLCD, please go to https://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd2011.php. This dataset can be used as a reference for the land cover of the Newcomb Tract. Data type: Raster data.

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Methods: 
Nationwide land cover was downloaded from https://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd2011.php. Then the nationwide land cover image was clipped to the property area by the UM Forests McIntire-Stennis project (K. Bergen, PI).
FieldValue
Publisher
University of Michigan - School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Modified
2021-07-19
Release Date
2020-02-05
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POLYGON ((-83.906536102295 42.411578657128, -83.906536102295 42.424251463212, -83.886623382568 42.424251463212, -83.886623382568 42.411578657128))
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
42°24'57.3"N 83°53'56.0"W
Temporal Coverage
Saturday, January 1, 2011 - 00:00 to Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 00:00
Contact Name
Bergen, Kathleen
Contact Email
kbergen@umich.edu
Public Access Level
Public
Related sites
Newcomb Tract
Publication Date: 
Wednesday, February 5, 2020