Riparia Land Cover - Forest vs. Non-Forest reclassification 2001
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:The Pennsylvania State University
Title:
Riparia Land Cover - Forest vs. Non-Forest reclassification 2001
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:raster digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
Riparia http://www.riparia.psu.edu 302 Walker Building University Park, PA 16802 Telephone: 814.863.1596 FAX: 814.863.7943
Online_Linkage: http://www.datacommons.psu.edu/
Description:
Abstract: 
This layer was created to facilitate ecological understanding by reclassifying the base land cover layer NLCD2001 which was based on satellite imagery collected in the late 1990s. To better understand ecology condition using satellite collected land cover data it is often beneficial to focus on more specific land cover types. This layer groups all the forest classes into one forest class while grouping agriculture, urban and suburban classes into a non-forest class. This allows condition to be assessed using metrics, such as those tabulated using GIS tools found in Fragstats (McGarigal & Marks, 1995), to be consistently calculated within ecological units like watersheds and political units like counties. The resulting raster format layer has three classes: Forest, Non-Forest and Water.
Supplemental_Information: 
Land Cover Code

0  NotForest
1  Forest

Citations
Anderson, A.P., E.E. Hardy, J.T. Roach, and R.E. Witmer. 1976. A land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensor data. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 964. Pp. 28.
Brooks, R.P., D.H. Wardrop, and J.A. Bishop. 2002. Watershed-Based Protection for Wetlands in Pennsylvania.  Final Report to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.  Report No. 2002-2, Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center. 64 pp.
Debinski, D.M., and R.D. Holt. 2000. A survey and overview of habitat fragmentation experiments. Conservation Biology 14:342-355.
Homer, C., Dewitz, J., Fry, J., Coan, M., Hossain, N., Larson, C., Herold, N., McKerrow, A., VanDriel, J.N., and Wickham, J. 2007. Completion of the 2001 National Land Cover Database for the Conterminous United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 73, No. 4, pp 337-341. 
Mahan, C.G., J.A. Bishop, M.A. Steele, G. Turner, and W.L. Myers. 2010. Habitat characteristics and revised Gap landscape analysis for the northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus), a state endangered species in Pennsylvania. The American Midland Naturalist 164(2): 283-295.
McGarigal, K., and B. Marks. 1995. FRAGSTATS: spatial pattern analysis program for quantifying landscape structure. General Technical Report. PNW-GTR-351. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Pp. 122.
Myers, W., J. Bishop, R. Brooks, T. O'Connell, D. Argent, G. Storm, J. Stauffer, and R. Carline.  2000.  Pennsylvania Gap Analysis Project: Leading Landscapes for Collaborative Conservation. School of Forest Resources & Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and Environmental Resources Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Gap Analysis Program.
O’Connell, T., J. Bishop, R. Mulvihill, M. Lanzone, T. Miller, and R. Brooks. 2004. Sampling design for Pennsylvania’s 2nd Breeding Bird Atlas: 2004-2009. Report No. 2004-02, Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center, University Park, PA. 104p.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). 2001. Digital Roads Data. Prepared and maintained by PennDOT, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Online at: http://www.pasda.psu.edu.
Robbins, C.S., D.K. Dawson, and B.A. Dowell. 1989. Habitat area requirements of breeding forest birds of the middle Atlantic states. Wildlife Monographs 103:1-34.
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate:-80.617307
East_Bounding_Coordinate:-74.616605
North_Bounding_Coordinate:42.282691
South_Bounding_Coordinate:39.674268
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme_Keyword:Land Use
Theme_Keyword:imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword:Land Cover
Theme_Keyword:biota
Access_Constraints:None
Use_Constraints: 
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Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Penn State
Contact_Person:R. P. Brooks and J. A. Bishop
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing address
City:University Park
State_or_Province:Pennsylvania
Postal_Code:16802
Country:US
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:datacommons@psu.edu
Contact Instructions: 
Riparia 
http://www.riparia.psu.edu
302 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802
Telephone: 814.863.1596
FAX: 814.863.7943
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1.5686
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type:Grid Cell
Row_Count:9483
Column_Count:16507
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel:40.0
Standard_Parallel:42.0
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian:-78.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin:39.0
False_Easting:0.0
False_Northing:0.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method:coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution:0.000000003571654083600607
Ordinate_Resolution:0.000000003571654083600607
Planar_Distance_Units:meter
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name:D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name:GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis:6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:298.257222101
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label:forest01.vat
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:Rowid
Attribute_Definition: 
Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: 
Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:VALUE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: 
Land Cover Code

0  NotForest
1  Forest
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:COUNT
Attribute:
Attribute_Label:CLASS
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Penn State Data Commons
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing and physical
Address: 
115 Land and Water Building
City:University Park
State_or_Province:Pennsylvania
Postal_Code:16802
Country:US
Contact_Voice_Telephone:(814) 865 - 8792
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:datacommons@psu.edu
Distribution_Liability: 
The USER shall indemnify, save harmless, and, if requested, defend those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data, their officers, agents, and employees from and against any suits, claims, or actions for injury, death, or property damage arising out of the use of or any defect in the FILES or any accompanying documentation. Those parties involved with the development and distribution excluded any and all implied warranties, including warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, with respect to the FILES or accompanying documentation, including its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. The FILES and documentation are provided "as is" and the USER assumes the entire risk as to its quality and performance. Those parties involved with the development and distribution of this data will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the FILES or any accompanying documentation.
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date:20180425
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:Penn State Data Commons
Contact_Position:Metadata Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type:mailing
Address: 
115 Land and Water Building
City:University Park
State_or_Province:Pennsylvania
Postal_Code:16802
Country:US
Contact_Voice_Telephone:814-865-8792
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:datacommons@psu.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name:FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version:FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention:local time
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