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Description

This data set provides course land cover classifications derived from Landsat TM images for 1986, 1988, and 1991 for the area surrounding the municipality of Uruara, Para, Brazil. Five land cover classes (Water, Clouds/Shadow, Forest, Not Forest, and Background) were derived (Aldrich et al. 2006). The Land Cover is in a compressed (*.zip) GeoTIFF file for each year.

Product Summary

Platforms
LANDSAT-5 ,
FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
TM ,
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Projects
LBA-ECO
Spatial Extent

N: -1.8 S: -5.3 E: -51.7 W: -55.6

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1986-01-01 to 1999-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2779741137-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Land Use/Land Cover Classification

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Aldrich, S. P., & Walker, R. T. (2011). LBA-ECO LC-24 Land Cover Classes from Landsat TM, Uruara, Para: 1986-1991 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1053 Date Accessed: 2026-08-10

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