Title:

Virgin Islands land cover and forest structure

Author(s):

Kennaway, Todd A.; Helmer, Eileen H.; Lefsky, Michael A.; Brandeis, Tom J.; Sherrill, Kirk R.

Publication Year:

2021

How to Cite:

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Kennaway, Todd A.; Helmer, Eileen H.; Lefsky, Michael A.; Brandeis, Tom J.; Sherrill, Kirk R. 2021. Virgin Islands land cover and forest structure. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0091

Kennaway, Todd A.; Helmer, Eileen H.; Lefsky, Michael A.; Brandeis, Tom J.; Sherrill, Kirk R. 2008. Mapping land cover and estimating forest structure using satellite imagery and coarse resolution lidar in the Virgin Islands. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 2(1): 023551. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3063939

Abstract:

This data publication contains five raster datasets detailing the land cover and forest structure of the United States Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands. There are two spatial land cover datasets, provided in multiple formats, that represent land-cover and woody vegetation formations using multi-part Landsat ETM+ scenes centered around the year 2000. Also included is a digital elevation model (DEM) that was created using discrete lidar data collected in 2004. The DEM was created by filtering ground (minimum elevation) and non-ground (mean and maximum elevation) returns to create a bare earth DEM and forest height estimates for the islands of St. John and St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. Two additional raster datasets include models that displays the spatial representation of lidar derived (1) dominant co-dominant tree height estimates and (2) above ground biomass estimates for the islands of St. John and St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.

Keywords:

land cover; land use; woody vegetation; classification; Landsat; decision tree; forest type; LiDAR; Toolbox for Lidar Data Filtering and Forest Studies; TIFFS; elevation; morphological filter; mean height; minimum height; topography; regression model; forest structure; biota; elevation; environment; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; planningCadastre; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Landscape ecology; Forest Products; Bioenergy and biomass; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Resource inventory; Natural Resource Management & Use; Landscape management; Timber; Wilderness; U.S. Virgin Islands; British Virgin Islands; St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. John; Tortola; Virgin Gorda; Anegada

Related publications:

• Kennaway, Todd A.; Helmer, Eileen H.; Lefsky, Michael A.; Brandeis, Tom J.; Sherrill, Kirk R. 2008. Mapping land cover and estimating forest structure using satellite imagery and coarse resolution lidar in the Virgin Islands. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 2(1): 023551. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3063939
• Helmer, Eileen H.; Kennaway, Todd A.; Pedreros, Diego H.; Clark, Matthew L.; Marcano-Vega, Humfredo; Tieszen, Larry L.; Ruzycki, Thomas R.; Schill, S. R.; Carrington, C. M. Sean. 2008. Land cover and forest formation distributions for St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Eustatius, Grenada and Barbados from decision tree classification of cloud-cleared satellite imagery. Caribbean Journal of Science. 44(2): 175-198. https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v44i2.a6

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