USFS TCC - 30m - Yearly¶
Description¶
Part of the Tree Canopy Cover (TCC) data suite, it includes modeled TCC, standard error (SE), and National Land Cover Database's (NLCD) TCC data for each year. TCC data produced by the the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS) are included in the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) consortium that is part of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) project managed by the United States (US) Geological Survey (USGS).
Climate Engine details¶
- Dataset type
- Remote Sensing
- Climate Engine ID
- USFS_TCC_V5
- Documentation
- https://support.climateengine.org/article/138-usfs-tcc
Dataset details¶
- Scale
- 30m
- Frequency
- Yearly
- Coverage
- CONUS
- Start year
- 1985
- End year
- Present
Earth Engine collection details¶
- Earth Engine asset
- USGS/NLCD_RELEASES/2023_REL/TCC/v2023-5
- Earth Engine asset URL
- https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/USGS_NLCD_RELEASES_2023_REL_TCC_v2023-5
- Earth Engine source catalog
- Earth Engine Catalog
Variables¶
API variable docs: #usfs-tree-canopy-cover
| Name | Units |
|---|---|
| Tree Canopy Cover | % |
| Tree Canopy Cover (NLCD) | % |
References¶
- USDA Forest Service. 2023. USFS Tree Canopy Cover v2021.4 (Conterminous United States and Southeastern Alaska). Salt Lake City, Utah.
Website: https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/rastergateway/treecanopycover/
Terms of use¶
These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees.