Human-Driven Ecosystem Dynamics in the New York Metropolitan Region

This dataset includes processed data and analysis python code. The original landcover remote sensing, climate, and human activity data can be accessed via external open-access datasets (accessed via the provided links): Sentinel-2 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were accessed via the Google Earth Engine (GEE): ee.ImageCollection("COPERNICUS/S2_SR_HARMONIZED"). Climate factors were obtained from the TerraClimate dataset: ee.ImageCollection("IDAHO_EPSCOR/TERRACLIMATE"). Human activity intensity factor (HF) (PM₂.₅, 2019-2025) can be downloaded from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2021 National Land Cover Database (NLCD) (https://www.usgs.gov/data/national-land-cover-database-nlcd-2021-products)