Data Set Title / Coverage Name: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Land Cover SAA Version 3.0 Version Date: 3/21/96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Identification Information Data Layer Name: gsmnp_lc Description: Land Cover of the Great Smoky Mountains Pational Park Keywords: land cover, Landsat TM data, vegetation Great Smoky Mountains National Park Citation: MacKenzie, M.D. 1993. The Vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Past, Present, and Future. Dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Native Data Set Environment: UNIX; ARC/INFO 7.0.3 pathname: Scale: 1:24,000 File Format: ARC/INFO 7.0.3 GRID Coverage Use Restrictions: Cite when used. Access Restrictions: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Spatial Reference Information Datum: North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) Precision: single Projection: Albers Equal Area Units: meters Spheroid: WGS-84 1st Std Parallel: 34 00 00 2nd Std Parallel: 38 00 00 Central Meridian: -82 00 00 Origin: 33 00 00 False Northing: 0.0 False Easting: 0.0 Extent: West Bounding Coord.: -181517.318 East Bounding Coord.: -94127.318 North Bounding Coord.: 310138.225 South Bounding Coord.: 270088.225 Distance Resolution: Vertical Resolution: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Data Quality Information Thematic Accuracy: unknown Confidence: unknown Accuracy Method: unknown Horizontal Accuracy: unknown Confidence: unknown Accuracy Method: unknown Vertical Accuracy: n/a Logical Consistency: Completeness: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information Source Material: Landsat TM satellite data (30 meter) Organization: Date: Distance Resolution: 30 meters Contribution: spectral values Source Material: Organization: Date: Distance Resolution: unknown Contribution: --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Processing History Information The data was acquired from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by by Karl A. Hermann, National Biological Service Cooperative. It was converted from ERDAS to ARC/INFO GRID and projected to SAA Albers, maintaining the 90 meter cellsize of the final classification. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Entity/Attribute Information Entity: GSMNP_LC.VAT Definition: 30 meter cells for land cover values Attributes: VALUE - land cover class code where, 1 = Spruce Fir 2 = Northern Hardwood 3 = Cove Hardwood 4 = Mesic Oak 5 = Mixed Mesic Hardwoods 6 = Tulip Poplar 7 = Xeric Oak 8 = Oak - Pine 9 = Pine 10 = Heath Bald 11 = Grassy Bald 12 = Grape Thicket 13 = Treeless 14 = Water Entity: Definition: Attributes: Entity: Definition: Attributes: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status Information Data Set Status: Available Release Date: 3/21/96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Metadata Reference Information Date: 3/20/96 Review Date: Contact: Karl A. Hermann National Biological Service Cooperative University of Tennessee 17 Ridgeway Road Norris, TN 37828 samab@utk.edu (423)-632-1452 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Distribution Information Distribution Contact: Karl A. Hermann National Biological Service Cooperative University of Tennessee 17 Ridgeway Road Norris, TN 37828 samab@utk.edu (423)-632-1452 Distribution Liability: File Compression Technique: UNIX compress, Arc/Info export format Transfer Size: --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information Contact Person: Karl A. Hermann Contact Mail Address: National Biological Service Cooperative University of Tennessee 17 Ridgeway Road Norris, TN 37828 Contact Phone: (423)-632-1452 Contact Fax: (423)-632-1612 Contact email: samab@www.lib.utk Home Page for Updates: http://www.lib.utk.edu/samab ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------