National Land Cover

Abstract: This data set is one complete raster coverage of the MRLC National Land Cover Data (NLCD) covering the conterminous United States. The NLCD is composed of 16-classes, and is derived from Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper, and Landsat 5 satellite data centered around 2001. A complete description of these data can be found at http://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd.php.摘要：本数据集为覆盖美国本土的MRLC国家土地覆盖数据（National Land Cover Data, NLCD）的完整栅格覆盖数据集。该数据集共包含16个分类，其数据源自以2001年为时间基准的陆地卫星7号增强型专题制图仪（Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper）与陆地卫星5号（Landsat 5）卫星影像数据。该数据集的完整说明可通过http://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd.php查阅获取。