Nashville Landsat Land Use/Land Cover Classification from the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) Nashville/Middle Tennessee Ozone Study Data Base

E3 - Nashville Landsat Land Use/Land Cover Classification

The Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) conducted a major field research
campaign in Nashville/Middle Tennessee area in June and July 1994 and
1995. The goal of this study was to improve scientific understanding
of the processes that control the production and distribution of ozone
in the troposphere.

Landsat Thematic mapper (TM) data (acquired in May 1994) and aerial
photographs were used to develop a classified image representing 13
land use/land cover categories for most of the Nashville/Middle
Tennessee study area. The 13 categories are: conifer,
hardwood, mixed-hardwood, low-density vegetation, agriculture, bare
soil, disturbed land, grass, clear cut, high-density developed,
medium-density developed, low-density developed, and water. The
classified image was gridded to a 1 square kilometer scale using
ARC/Info GIS. Total hectares and fractions of each land use/land
cover category were calculated for each grid cell and county-level
information (land use/land cover hectares and fractions) was summarized.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was the coordinator for the 1995
Southern Oxidants Study Nashville/Middle Tennessee Ozone Study. See:
"http://www.tva.gov/home.htm"

For more information on the Southern Oxidants Study see:

"http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/CIL/southern_oxidants/index.html"