the national land cover database (nlcd) 2011 percent tree ......and other ancillary datasets....

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0 100 200 300 400 50 Miles 0 50 100 150 200 25 Miles 0 20 40 60 80 100 10 Miles The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2011 Percent Tree Canopy Cover ® The National Land Cover Database 2011 percent tree canopy cover layer was created by the USDA Forest Service using 7,615 Landsat scenes. Reference data was collected at over 67,000 locations. Predictor layers included Landsat imagery, spectral derivatives, and other ancillary datasets. Modeling was carried out using the random forests algorithm. The Hawaiian Islands Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ® ® 100% 0% Percent Tree Canopy Cover Mr. Kevin Megown, RMIM Program Leader, USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC), 2222 West 2300 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84119 USA | Reference Number 10104-POST2 Learn, Share, Recycle | USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. CONTACT: DRAFT: Final Release 2Q FY 2016 DRAFT: Final Release 2Q FY 2016 Coastal Alaska 0 100 200 300 400 50 Miles ® Locator Map

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Page 1: The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2011 Percent Tree ......and other ancillary datasets. Modeling was carried out using the random forests algorithm. The Hawaiian Islands Puerto

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The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2011 Percent Tree Canopy Cover

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The National Land Cover Database2011 percent tree canopy cover layer

was created by the USDA Forest Serviceusing 7,615 Landsat scenes. Reference

data was collected at over 67,000locations. Predictor layers included

Landsat imagery, spectral derivatives,and other ancillary datasets. Modeling was

carried out using the random forests algorithm.

The Hawaiian Islands

Puerto Rico and theU.S. Virgin Islands

®®

Percent Tree Canopy Cover

High : 91100%

0%

Percent TreeCanopy Cover

Mr. Kevin Megown, RMIM Program Leader, USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC), 2222 West 2300 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84119 USA | Reference Number 10104-POST2Learn, Share, Recycle | USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

CONTACT:

DRAFT: Final Release 2Q FY 2016 DRAFT: Final Release 2Q FY 2016

CoastalAlaska

0 100 200 300 40050Miles

®

LocatorMap