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NORTH AMERICAN LANDSCAPE CHARACTERIZATION (NALC): RESEARCH PLAN
Citation:
Lunetta, R., J.G. Lyon, J. Sturdevant, J. Dwyer, C. Elvidge, L. Fenstermaker, D. Yuan, AND S. Hoffer. NORTH AMERICAN LANDSCAPE CHARACTERIZATION (NALC): RESEARCH PLAN. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-93/135 (NTIS PB94159134).
Description:
The North American Landscape Characterization (NALC) project is a component of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Landsat Pathfinder program of experiments to study global change issues. he NALC program is funded principally by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's), Office of Research and Development (ORD), Global Warming Research Program (GWRP), and the U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Center. rincipal U.S. NALC cooperators include the EPA's Environmental Monitoring Laboratory at Las Vegas, the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center (EDC), and NASA Ames Research Center. he purpose of the project is to produce land cover and land cover change data products at sub-kilometer spatial resolution across major portions of the North American continent (Central America, Mexico, Caribbean and Hawaiian Islands, and the United States). he NALC - Pathfinder is designed to provide primary data for national inventories of terrestrial carbon stocks and trace greenhouse gases (CO, CH4, and N20) emissions in support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) objectives. he objectives of the NALC project are to produce standardized remote sensing data sets, develop standardized analyses methods, and derive standardized land cover change products for priority locations in the North American continent.