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NLCCP  

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  • The National Land Cover Characterization project was created in 1995 to support the original Multi-Resolution Land Characterization (MRLC) initiative and fulfill the requirement to develop a nationally consistent land cover data set from MRLC data called National Land Cover Data 1992 (NLCD 92). This culminated in the September 2000 completion of land-cover mapping using a modified (Download Acrobat Reader) Anderson level II classification for the conterminous United States. Website: "http://landcover.usgs.gov/nationallandcover.asp" [Summary provided by the USGS.] (en)

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/367a6df7-8536-440b-9c14-d086915bfa85

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