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Shrubland (Shrub Height)-NLCD 2016 (Raster)

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Descriptive nameShrubland (Shrub Height)-NLCD 2016 (Raster)
File namenlcdshs4
Spatial domainPima Cnty & Vicinity
AbstractNational Land Cover Database 2016 Shrubland Shrub Height Fractional Component, produced by MRLC (Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium). NLCD 2016 Shrub Component products characterize the percentage of each 30-meter pixel in the Western United States covered by shrub, herbaceous, bare ground, litter, sagebrush, big sagebrush and annual herbaceous, along with estimating shrub height and sagebrush height. These products have been produced by USGS in collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management. Component products are designed to be used individually or combined together to support a broad variety of applications.

Full metadata are included in the nlcdshs4.img.xml file located in the same path as the maintenance format file.

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Known errors/qualifications1. Since new 2016 versions of NLCD products for all years have now been released, the decision was made to refrain from reprojecting this dataset into the County's standard NAD83 HARN projection. Since pixels were therefore not resampled, they do now represent the exact area on the ground that the original satellite sensor collected.
Feature typeraster
Feature count
Thumbnail Map
ProjectionWGS84 (Parameters)
Rectificationunknown
Field/value metadata Field metadata
Source organizationMRLC/USGS
Source contact
Source document or file nameNLCD_2016_Shrubland_20190515_full_zip.zip
Source date20190614
Source scale
Source formatGrid
Date of last data update
(This date may not be current.)
20190812
Last data update byErik Glenn
Date/time last touched - Meaning?   - The Enterprise GDB date was not found.
    - The Shapefile date was not found.
  See coverage files, if any, for date.
Lineage20190614 -- Downloaded from MRLC (Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics) Consortium, clipped (EG).
On maintenance?No
Maintenance organization
Maintenance description
Original conversion byErik Glenn
Pima County ITD GIS contactErik Glenn
Alternate Pima County ITD GIS contacte-mail address
On  Pima County Geospatial Data Portal? No

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