Land use and land cover (LULC) classification of the CAP LTER study area (central Arizona, USA) area using 2015 Landsat imagery

## overview The project aims to extend the CAP LTER long-term, land-use/land-cover (LULC) datasets to facilitate environmental change monitoring and social-ecological studies regarding urban sprawl and dynamics, urban heat islands, and outdoor water consumption, among others. Six LULC maps at 30 m resolution were previously created from 1985 to 2010 at five year intervals (Zhang and Li, 2017). This project updates that suite with a seventh map for 2015. As with the prior set, systematic object-based classification was utilized to ensure map consistency and direct comparison capability over time. The map comprises 11 land-use/land-cover classes with an overall accuracy of 89.1%. ## literature cited - Zhang, Y. and X. Li. 2017. Land cover classification of the CAP LTER study area at five-year intervals from 1985 to 2010 using Landsat imagery ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/dab4db27974f6c8d5b91a91d30c7781d (Accessed 2022-07-13).