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Land Cover And Use Change In Utah: A Comparison Of Field- Vs. Aerial Image-Based Observations, Jennifer Lynn Bakken
Land Cover And Use Change In Utah: A Comparison Of Field- Vs. Aerial Image-Based Observations, Jennifer Lynn Bakken
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The Image-based Change Estimation program (ICE) was developed by the US Forest Service Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA) program and the Geospatial Technology Applications Center in response to the 2014 Farm Bill calling for more timely and accurate estimates of land cover and use change. ICE monitors change throughout the US on a state by state basis by assessing each FIA plot using high resolution imagery from two dates in time. In the western US, FIA measures 10% of the plots each year to report on status, trends, and sustainability of our Nation’s forests. However, this 10 year cycle misses …