<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata xml:lang="en">
<Esri>
<CreaDate>20210824</CreaDate>
<CreaTime>11344600</CreaTime>
<ArcGISFormat>1.0</ArcGISFormat>
<ArcGISstyle>FGDC CSDGM Metadata</ArcGISstyle>
<SyncOnce>FALSE</SyncOnce>
<DataProperties>
<itemProps>
<itemName Sync="FALSE">USGS_NLCD_Imperviousness_2006</itemName>
<nativeExtBox>
<westBL Sync="TRUE">-1000365.000000</westBL>
<eastBL Sync="TRUE">237165.000000</eastBL>
<southBL Sync="TRUE">310875.000000</southBL>
<northBL Sync="TRUE">1517925.000000</northBL>
<exTypeCode Sync="TRUE">1</exTypeCode>
</nativeExtBox>
<imsContentType Sync="TRUE">002</imsContentType>
</itemProps>
<coordRef>
<type Sync="TRUE">Projected</type>
<geogcsn Sync="TRUE">GCS_WGS_1984</geogcsn>
<csUnits Sync="TRUE">Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000)</csUnits>
<projcsn Sync="TRUE">Albers_Conical_Equal_Area</projcsn>
<peXml Sync="TRUE">&lt;ProjectedCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:ProjectedCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/10.8'&gt;&lt;WKT&gt;PROJCS[&amp;quot;Albers_Conical_Equal_Area&amp;quot;,GEOGCS[&amp;quot;GCS_WGS_1984&amp;quot;,DATUM[&amp;quot;D_WGS_1984&amp;quot;,SPHEROID[&amp;quot;WGS_1984&amp;quot;,6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM[&amp;quot;Greenwich&amp;quot;,0.0],UNIT[&amp;quot;Degree&amp;quot;,0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION[&amp;quot;Albers&amp;quot;],PARAMETER[&amp;quot;false_easting&amp;quot;,0.0],PARAMETER[&amp;quot;false_northing&amp;quot;,0.0],PARAMETER[&amp;quot;central_meridian&amp;quot;,-96.0],PARAMETER[&amp;quot;standard_parallel_1&amp;quot;,29.5],PARAMETER[&amp;quot;standard_parallel_2&amp;quot;,45.5],PARAMETER[&amp;quot;latitude_of_origin&amp;quot;,23.0],UNIT[&amp;quot;Meter&amp;quot;,1.0]]&lt;/WKT&gt;&lt;XOrigin&gt;-16901100&lt;/XOrigin&gt;&lt;YOrigin&gt;-6972200&lt;/YOrigin&gt;&lt;XYScale&gt;266467840.99085236&lt;/XYScale&gt;&lt;ZOrigin&gt;-100000&lt;/ZOrigin&gt;&lt;ZScale&gt;10000&lt;/ZScale&gt;&lt;MOrigin&gt;-100000&lt;/MOrigin&gt;&lt;MScale&gt;10000&lt;/MScale&gt;&lt;XYTolerance&gt;0.001&lt;/XYTolerance&gt;&lt;ZTolerance&gt;0.00020000000000000001&lt;/ZTolerance&gt;&lt;MTolerance&gt;0.00020000000000000001&lt;/MTolerance&gt;&lt;HighPrecision&gt;true&lt;/HighPrecision&gt;&lt;/ProjectedCoordinateSystem&gt;</peXml>
</coordRef>
</DataProperties>
<SyncDate>20220421</SyncDate>
<SyncTime>10585500</SyncTime>
<ModDate>20220421</ModDate>
<ModTime>10585500</ModTime>
<scaleRange>
<minScale>150000000</minScale>
<maxScale>5000</maxScale>
</scaleRange>
</Esri>
<Binary>
<Thumbnail>
<Data EsriPropertyType="PictureX">/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAAQABAAD/2wBDAAgGBgcGBQgHBwcJCQgKDBQNDAsLDBkSEw8UHRofHh0a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</Data>
</Thumbnail>
</Binary>
<mdLang>
<languageCode value="eng"/>
<countryCode Sync="TRUE" value="USA"/>
</mdLang>
<mdChar>
<CharSetCd value="004"/>
</mdChar>
<mdHrLv>
<ScopeCd value="005"/>
</mdHrLv>
<mdContact>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<rpPosName>Customer Services Representative</rpPosName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntPhone>
<voiceNum>605/594-6151</voiceNum>
<faxNum>605/594-6589</faxNum>
</cntPhone>
<cntAddress addressType="both">
<delPoint>47914 252nd Street</delPoint>
<city>Sioux Falls</city>
<adminArea>SD</adminArea>
<postCode>57198-0001</postCode>
<country>US</country>
<eMailAdd>custserv@usgs.gov</eMailAdd>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="007"/>
</role>
</mdContact>
<mdStanName>ArcGIS Metadata</mdStanName>
<mdStanVer>1.0</mdStanVer>
<distInfo>
<distributor>
<distorCont>
<rpIndName>GS ScienceBase</rpIndName>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntPhone>
<voiceNum>1-888-275-8747</voiceNum>
</cntPhone>
<cntAddress addressType="postal">
<delPoint>Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302</delPoint>
<city>Denver</city>
<adminArea>CO</adminArea>
<postCode>80225</postCode>
<country>US</country>
<eMailAdd>sciencebase@usgs.gov</eMailAdd>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="005"/>
</role>
</distorCont>
<distorOrdPrc>
<resFees>None</resFees>
</distorOrdPrc>
<distorFormat>
<formatName>ERDAS</formatName>
<formatVer>Imagine 2018</formatVer>
<formatSpec>.img</formatSpec>
<formatTech>ESRI ArcMap Suite and/or Arc/Info software, and supporting operating systems.</formatTech>
</distorFormat>
<distorTran>
<transSize>1012</transSize>
<onLineSrc>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KZCM54</linkage>
</onLineSrc>
</distorTran>
</distributor>
<distTranOps>
<onLineSrc>
<linkage>https://www.mrlc.gov/data</linkage>
</onLineSrc>
<onLineSrc>
<linkage>https://www.mrlc.gov/data-services-page</linkage>
</onLineSrc>
<onLineSrc>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KZCM54</linkage>
</onLineSrc>
</distTranOps>
<distFormat>
<formatName Sync="FALSE">Raster Dataset</formatName>
</distFormat>
</distInfo>
<dataIdInfo>
<idCitation>
<date>
<pubDate>2021-06-04</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntAddress>
<delPoint>Sioux Falls, SD</delPoint>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="010"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Jon Dewitz</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<PresFormCd value="005"/>
</presForm>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>remote-sensing image</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<datasetSeries>
<seriesName>None</seriesName>
<issId>None</issId>
</datasetSeries>
<collTitle>A new generation of the United States National Land Cover Database: Requirements, research priorities, design, and implementation strategies</collTitle>
<resTitle Sync="FALSE">USGS_NLCD_Imperviousness_2006</resTitle>
</idCitation>
<idAbs>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;USGS NLCD Imperviousness 2006. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in partnership with several federal agencies, has developed and released five National Land Cover Database (NLCD) products over the past two decades: NLCD 1992, 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016. The 2016 release saw landcover created for additional years of 2003, 2008, and 2013. These products provide spatially explicit and reliable information on the Nation’s land cover and land cover change. To continue the legacy of NLCD and further establish a long-term monitoring capability for the Nation’s land resources, the USGS has designed a new generation of NLCD products named NLCD 2019. The NLCD 2019 design aims to provide innovative, consistent, and robust methodologies for production of a multi-temporal land cover and land cover change database from 2001 to 2019 at 2–3-year intervals. Comprehensive research was conducted and resulted in developed strategies for NLCD 2019: continued integration between impervious surface and all landcover products with impervious surface being directly mapped as developed classes in the landcover, a streamlined compositing process for assembling and preprocessing based on Landsat imagery and geospatial ancillary datasets; a multi-source integrated training data development and decision-tree based land cover classifications; a temporally, spectrally, and spatially integrated land cover change analysis strategy; a hierarchical theme-based post-classification and integration protocol for generating land cover and change products; a continuous fields biophysical parameters modeling method; and an automated scripted operational system for the NLCD 2019 production. The performance of the developed strategies and methods were tested in twenty composite referenced areas throughout the conterminous U.S. An overall accuracy assessment from the 2016 publication give a 91% overall landcover accuracy, with the developed classes also showing a 91% accuracy in overall developed. Results from this study confirm the robustness of this comprehensive and highly automated procedure for NLCD 2019 operational mapping. Questions about the NLCD 2019 land cover product can be directed to the NLCD 2019 land cover mapping team at USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD (605) 594-6151 or mrlc@usgs.gov. See included spatial metadata for more details. Disclaimer: This product is for informational purposes only and may not be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an official survey and represents only the approximate relative location of features and boundaries. Mapping may not necessarily reflect on-the-ground conditions. This product and those involved in its production make no claims as to the accuracy or reliability of the data, and neither assumes, nor will accept liability for their use.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</idAbs>
<idPurp>USGS NLCD Imperviousness 2006. The goal of this project is to provide the Nation with complete, current and consistent public domain information on its land use and land cover.</idPurp>
<idCredit>U.S. Geological Survey</idCredit>
<idStatus>
<ProgCd value="007"/>
</idStatus>
<idPoC>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<rpPosName>Customer Service Representative</rpPosName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntPhone>
<voiceNum>605/594-6151</voiceNum>
<faxNum>605/594-6589</faxNum>
</cntPhone>
<cntAddress addressType="both">
<delPoint>47914 252nd Street</delPoint>
<city>Sioux Falls</city>
<adminArea>SD</adminArea>
<postCode>57198-0001</postCode>
<country>US</country>
<eMailAdd>custserv@usgs.gov</eMailAdd>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="007"/>
</role>
</idPoC>
<placeKeys>
<thesaName>
<resTitle>Common Geographic Areas</resTitle>
</thesaName>
<keyword>United States</keyword>
</placeKeys>
<themeKeys>
<thesaName>
<resTitle>ISO 19115 Topic Category</resTitle>
</thesaName>
<keyword>imageryBaseMapsEarthCover</keyword>
<keyword>biota</keyword>
</themeKeys>
<themeKeys>
<thesaName>
<resTitle>NGDA Portfolio Themes</resTitle>
</thesaName>
<keyword>Land Use Land Cover Theme</keyword>
<keyword>NGDA</keyword>
<keyword>National Geospatial Data Asset</keyword>
</themeKeys>
<themeKeys>
<thesaName>
<resTitle>USGS Thesaurus</resTitle>
</thesaName>
<keyword>GIS</keyword>
<keyword>Image processing</keyword>
<keyword>Land cover</keyword>
<keyword>digital spatial data</keyword>
<keyword>U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)</keyword>
</themeKeys>
<themeKeys>
<thesaName>
<resTitle>U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, (Countries, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and their principal administrative divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology</resTitle>
</thesaName>
<keyword>United States</keyword>
<keyword>U.S.</keyword>
<keyword>US</keyword>
</themeKeys>
<searchKeys>
<keyword>Land Use Land Cover Theme</keyword>
<keyword>GIS</keyword>
<keyword>imageryBaseMapsEarthCover</keyword>
<keyword>Image processing</keyword>
<keyword>Land cover</keyword>
<keyword>biota</keyword>
<keyword>NGDA</keyword>
<keyword>digital spatial data</keyword>
<keyword>United States</keyword>
<keyword>United States</keyword>
<keyword>U.S.</keyword>
<keyword>US</keyword>
<keyword>U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)</keyword>
<keyword>National Geospatial Data Asset</keyword>
</searchKeys>
<resConst>
<LegConsts>
<useLimit>Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.</useLimit>
<othConsts>None. Please see 'Distribution Info' for details.</othConsts>
</LegConsts>
</resConst>
<resConst>
<SecConsts>
<class>
<ClasscationCd value="001"/>
</class>
<classSys>None</classSys>
<handDesc>N/A</handDesc>
</SecConsts>
</resConst>
<resConst>
<Consts>
<useLimit>&lt;DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;None. Users are advised to read the dataset's metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</useLimit>
</Consts>
</resConst>
<aggrInfo>
<aggrDSName>
<resTitle>A new generation of the United States National Land Cover Database: Requirements, research priorities, design, and implementation strategies</resTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2018-12-01</pubDate>
</date>
<resEd>ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 146: 108-123.</resEd>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Yang, L., et al.</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>publication</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<citOnlineRes>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.09.006</linkage>
</citOnlineRes>
</aggrDSName>
<assocType>
<AscTypeCd value="002"/>
</assocType>
</aggrInfo>
<dataLang>
<languageCode value="eng"/>
<countryCode Sync="TRUE" value="USA"/>
</dataLang>
<dataExt>
<geoEle>
<GeoBndBox>
<westBL>-130.2328</westBL>
<eastBL>-63.6722</eastBL>
<southBL>21.7423</southBL>
<northBL>52.851</northBL>
</GeoBndBox>
</geoEle>
</dataExt>
<dataExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Period>
<tmBegin>2001-01-01</tmBegin>
<tmEnd>2019-01-01</tmEnd>
</TM_Period>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
<geoEle/>
</dataExt>
<suppInfo>Corner Coordinates (center of pixel, projection meters) Upper Left Corner: -2493045 meters(X), 3310005 meters(Y) Lower Right Corner: 2342655 meters(X), 177285 meters(Y)</suppInfo>
<tpCat>
<TopicCatCd value="002"/>
</tpCat>
<tpCat>
<TopicCatCd value="010"/>
</tpCat>
<envirDesc Sync="TRUE"> Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.9.1.28388</envirDesc>
<spatRpType>
<SpatRepTypCd Sync="TRUE" value="002"/>
</spatRpType>
<dataExt>
<geoEle>
<GeoBndBox esriExtentType="search">
<exTypeCode Sync="TRUE">1</exTypeCode>
<westBL Sync="TRUE">-107.249941</westBL>
<eastBL Sync="TRUE">-93.321062</eastBL>
<northBL Sync="TRUE">36.706972</northBL>
<southBL Sync="TRUE">25.373245</southBL>
</GeoBndBox>
</geoEle>
</dataExt>
</dataIdInfo>
<dqInfo>
<dqScope>
<scpLvl>
<ScopeCd value="005"/>
</scpLvl>
</dqScope>
<report type="DQConcConsis">
<measDesc>See https://www.mrlc.gov/data for the full list of products available.</measDesc>
</report>
<report type="DQCompOm">
<measDesc>This NLCD product is the version dated June 4, 2021.</measDesc>
</report>
<report type="DQQuanAttAcc">
<measDesc>A formal accuracy assessment has not been conducted for NLCD 2019 Land Cover, NLCD 2019 Land Cover Change, or NLCD 2019 Impervious Surface products. A 2016 accuracy assessment publication can be found here: James Wickham, Stephen V. Stehman, Daniel G. Sorenson, Leila Gass, Jon A. Dewitz., Thematic accuracy assessment of the NLCD 2016 land cover for the conterminous United States: Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 257, 2021, 112357, ISSN 0034-4257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112357.</measDesc>
<evalMethDesc>This document and the described land cover map are considered "provisional" until a formal accuracy assessment is completed. The U.S. Geological Survey can make no guarantee as to the accuracy or completeness of this information, and it is provided with the understanding that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete. Conclusions drawn from this information are the responsibility of the user.</evalMethDesc>
<measResult>
<QuanResult>
<quanVal>Unknown</quanVal>
</QuanResult>
</measResult>
</report>
<report dimension="horizontal" type="DQAbsExtPosAcc">
<measDesc>N/A</measDesc>
</report>
<report dimension="vertical" type="DQAbsExtPosAcc">
<measDesc>N/A</measDesc>
</report>
<dataLineage>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>The Nighttime Lights of the World data set was complied from Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) data spanning October 1994 - March 1995.</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Nighttime Lights</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2011-01-01</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), now part of NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<PresFormCd value="005"/>
</presForm>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>raster digital data</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>https://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/nighttime-lights/</otherCitDet>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Period>
<tmBegin>1994-01-01</tmBegin>
<tmEnd>1995-01-01</tmEnd>
</TM_Period>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD)</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>Analysis Ready Data: Enabling Analysis of the Landsat Archive</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>Landsat ARD</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2018-08-28</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Hankaui K. Zhang</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>John L. Dwyer</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Calli B. Jenkerson</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Leo Lymburner</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>David P. Roy</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Brian Sauer</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>publication</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/nli/landsat/us-landsat-analysis-ready-data?qt-science_support_page_related_con=0#qt-science_support_page_related_con</otherCitDet>
<citOnlineRes>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10091363</linkage>
</citOnlineRes>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Instant>
<tmPosition>2018-01-01</tmPosition>
</TM_Instant>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI)</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>Statistical relative gain calculation for Landsat 8</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>Landsat OLI</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2017-01-01</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Jon Dewitz</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<PresFormCd value="005"/>
</presForm>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>raster digital data</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>Yang, L., et al. (2018). "A new generation of the United States National Land Cover Database: Requirements, research priorities, design, and implementation strategies." ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 146: 108-123.</otherCitDet>
<citOnlineRes>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.5066/P96HHBIE</linkage>
</citOnlineRes>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Period>
<tmBegin>2001-01-01</tmBegin>
<tmEnd>2016-01-01</tmEnd>
</TM_Period>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+)</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>Landsat-7 ETM+ radiometric calibration status</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>Landsat ETM+</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2016-09-19</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Dennis L. Helder</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Julia A. Barsi</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Md. Obaidul Haque</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Brian L. Markham</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Simon J. Hook</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Jeffrey S. Czapla-Myers</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>John R. Schott</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>publication</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/nli/landsat/landsat-7?qt-science_support_page_related_con=0#qt-science_support_page_related_con</otherCitDet>
<citOnlineRes>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238625</linkage>
</citOnlineRes>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Period>
<tmBegin>1999-01-01</tmBegin>
<tmEnd>2020-01-01</tmEnd>
</TM_Period>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM)</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>Landsat—Earth Observation Satellites</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>Landsat TM</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2020-04-08</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>publication</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/nli/landsat/landsat-5?qt-science_support_page_related_con=0#qt-science_support_page_related_con</otherCitDet>
<citOnlineRes>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20153081</linkage>
</citOnlineRes>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Period>
<tmBegin>1984-01-01</tmBegin>
<tmEnd>2013-01-01</tmEnd>
</TM_Period>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS)</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>Landsat—Earth Observation Satellites</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>Landsat MSS</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2020-04-08</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>publication</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/nli/landsat/landsat-5?qt-science_support_page_related_con=0#qt-science_support_page_related_con</otherCitDet>
<citOnlineRes>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20153081</linkage>
</citOnlineRes>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Period>
<tmBegin>1984-01-01</tmBegin>
<tmEnd>2013-01-01</tmEnd>
</TM_Period>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>Landsat Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS)</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>Landsat-8 TIRS thermal radiometric calibration status</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>Landsat TIRS</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2017-01-01</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Ron Morfitt</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Nina G. Raqueno</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Brian L. Markham</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Matthew Montanaro</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Julia A. Barsi</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Simon Hook</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>John R. Schott</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Aaron Gerace</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>publication</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/nli/landsat/landsat-8?qt-science_support_page_related_con=0#qt-science_support_page_related_con</otherCitDet>
<citOnlineRes>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276045</linkage>
</citOnlineRes>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Period>
<tmBegin>2013-01-01</tmBegin>
<tmEnd>2020-01-01</tmEnd>
</TM_Period>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>Digital Elevation Module (DEM)</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>NLCD 2016 Impervious Surface Conterminous United States</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>DEM</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2019-01-01</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Jon Dewitz</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<PresFormCd value="005"/>
</presForm>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>raster digital data</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>Yang, L., et al. (2018). "A new generation of the United States National Land Cover Database: Requirements, research priorities, design, and implementation strategies." ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 146: 108-123.</otherCitDet>
<citOnlineRes>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.5066/P96HHBIE</linkage>
</citOnlineRes>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Period>
<tmBegin>2001-01-01</tmBegin>
<tmEnd>2016-01-01</tmEnd>
</TM_Period>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>The VIIRS Nighttime Imagery (Day/Night Band, Enhanced Near Constant Contrast) layer shows the Earth’s surface and atmosphere using a sensor designed to capture low-light emission sources, under varying illumination conditions.</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night band Nighttime Lights</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2016-01-01</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>NASA/NOAA</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<PresFormCd value="005"/>
</presForm>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>raster digital data</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>https://earthdata.nasa.gov/worldview/worldview-image-archive/the-day-night-band-enhanced-near-constant-contrast-of-viirs</otherCitDet>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>observed</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Instant>
<tmPosition>2016-01-01</tmPosition>
</TM_Instant>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<dataSource>
<srcDesc>United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Land Cover Database (NLCD)</srcDesc>
<srcMedName>
<MedNameCd value="018"/>
</srcMedName>
<srcCitatn>
<resTitle>NLCD 2016 Land Cover Conterminous United States</resTitle>
<resAltTitle>USGS National Land Cover Database</resAltTitle>
<date>
<pubDate>2019-01-01</pubDate>
</date>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>Jon Dewitz</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<citRespParty>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey</rpOrgName>
<role>
<RoleCd value="006"/>
</role>
</citRespParty>
<presForm>
<PresFormCd value="005"/>
</presForm>
<presForm>
<fgdcGeoform>raster digital data</fgdcGeoform>
</presForm>
<otherCitDet>Yang, L., et al. (2018). "A new generation of the United States National Land Cover Database: Requirements, research priorities, design, and implementation strategies." ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 146: 108-123.</otherCitDet>
<citOnlineRes>
<linkage>https://doi.org/10.5066/P96HHBIE</linkage>
</citOnlineRes>
</srcCitatn>
<srcExt>
<exDesc>ground condition</exDesc>
<tempEle>
<TempExtent>
<exTemp>
<TM_Period>
<tmBegin>2001-01-01</tmBegin>
<tmEnd>2016-01-01</tmEnd>
</TM_Period>
</exTemp>
</TempExtent>
</tempEle>
</srcExt>
</dataSource>
<prcStep>
<stepDesc>These two sets of regression tree models were the basis of two 2011 initial impervious surface maps.</stepDesc>
<stepDateTm>2019-01-01</stepDateTm>
<stepProc>
<rpIndName>Jon Dewitz</rpIndName>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey, CORE SCIENCE SYSTEMS</rpOrgName>
<rpPosName>GEOGRAPHER</rpPosName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntPhone>
<voiceNum>605-594-2715</voiceNum>
</cntPhone>
<cntAddress addressType="postal">
<delPoint>47914 252Nd Street</delPoint>
<city>Sioux Falls</city>
<adminArea>SD</adminArea>
<postCode>57198</postCode>
<country>US</country>
<eMailAdd>dewitz@usgs.gov</eMailAdd>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="009"/>
</role>
</stepProc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="produced">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>USGS National Land Cover Database</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
</prcStep>
<prcStep>
<stepDesc>The last step is a clean-up to correct mapping errors with automated processes and some hand editing. For example, false impervious estimates in mines and barren land were removed, and developed areas with low imperviousness, such as city parks and golf courses, were added.</stepDesc>
<stepDateTm>2019-01-01</stepDateTm>
<stepProc>
<rpIndName>Jon Dewitz</rpIndName>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey, CORE SCIENCE SYSTEMS</rpOrgName>
<rpPosName>GEOGRAPHER</rpPosName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntPhone>
<voiceNum>605-594-2715</voiceNum>
</cntPhone>
<cntAddress addressType="postal">
<delPoint>47914 252Nd Street</delPoint>
<city>Sioux Falls</city>
<adminArea>SD</adminArea>
<postCode>57198</postCode>
<country>US</country>
<eMailAdd>dewitz@usgs.gov</eMailAdd>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="009"/>
</role>
</stepProc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="produced">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>USGS National Land Cover Database</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
</prcStep>
<prcStep>
<stepDesc>The same two training datasets were used with 2016 Landsat imagery to create two sets of regression tree models and two 2016 initial impervious surface maps.</stepDesc>
<stepDateTm>2019-01-01</stepDateTm>
<stepProc>
<rpIndName>Jon Dewitz</rpIndName>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey, CORE SCIENCE SYSTEMS</rpOrgName>
<rpPosName>GEOGRAPHER</rpPosName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntPhone>
<voiceNum>605-594-2715</voiceNum>
</cntPhone>
<cntAddress addressType="postal">
<delPoint>47914 252Nd Street</delPoint>
<city>Sioux Falls</city>
<adminArea>SD</adminArea>
<postCode>57198</postCode>
<country>US</country>
<eMailAdd>dewitz@usgs.gov</eMailAdd>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="009"/>
</role>
</stepProc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Landsat OLI</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Landsat MSS</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Landsat TIRS</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Landsat TM</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Landsat ARD</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Landsat ETM+</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>DEM</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="produced">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>USGS National Land Cover Database</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
</prcStep>
<prcStep>
<stepDesc>The two pairs of initial impervious surface maps - 2 each for an earlier and later image (for example, 2004 was compared to 2001, 2006 to 2004, etc. up to 2019.), - were compared to remove false estimates caused by high reflectance in non-urban areas, as well as to retain impervious values unchanged from the earlier year.</stepDesc>
<stepDateTm>2019-01-01</stepDateTm>
<stepProc>
<rpIndName>Jon Dewitz</rpIndName>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey, CORE SCIENCE SYSTEMS</rpOrgName>
<rpPosName>GEOGRAPHER</rpPosName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntPhone>
<voiceNum>605-594-2715</voiceNum>
</cntPhone>
<cntAddress addressType="postal">
<delPoint>47914 252Nd Street</delPoint>
<city>Sioux Falls</city>
<adminArea>SD</adminArea>
<postCode>57198</postCode>
<country>US</country>
<eMailAdd>dewitz@usgs.gov</eMailAdd>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="009"/>
</role>
</stepProc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="produced">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>USGS National Land Cover Database</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
</prcStep>
<prcStep>
<stepDesc>Two training datasets, one of larger extent, one smaller to have different proportions of higher and lower relative impervious according to the extent of brighter and dimmer nighttime lighting, were assembled by imposing two separate thresholds of nighttime lights imagery onto the NLCD 2016 Impervious Surface data layer. Each of the two training datasets were used separately to build regression tree models for predicting percent impervious surface from zero to 100% using Landsat imagery from each respective year as predictive variables.</stepDesc>
<stepDateTm>2019-01-01</stepDateTm>
<stepProc>
<rpIndName>Jon Dewitz</rpIndName>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey, CORE SCIENCE SYSTEMS</rpOrgName>
<rpPosName>GEOGRAPHER</rpPosName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntPhone>
<voiceNum>605-594-2715</voiceNum>
</cntPhone>
<cntAddress addressType="postal">
<delPoint>47914 252Nd Street</delPoint>
<city>Sioux Falls</city>
<adminArea>SD</adminArea>
<postCode>57198</postCode>
<country>US</country>
<eMailAdd>dewitz@usgs.gov</eMailAdd>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="009"/>
</role>
</stepProc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="produced">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>USGS National Land Cover Database</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
</prcStep>
<prcStep>
<stepDesc>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Nighttime Lights and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night band Nighttime Lights have been applied by many researchers as a way to study such topics as population density and economic activity. These two datasets are used in the generation of training data for the new NLCD 2019 Impervious Surface for 2011 and 2016, respectively. DMSP Nighttime Lights (for 2011) and VIIRS Day/Night band Nighttime Lights (for 2016) were superimposed on NLCD 2011 Impervious Surface data to exclude low density impervious areas outside urban and suburban centers, and ensure that only core urban areas were included in training data development.</stepDesc>
<stepDateTm>2019-01-01</stepDateTm>
<stepProc>
<rpIndName>Jon Dewitz</rpIndName>
<rpOrgName>U.S. Geological Survey, CORE SCIENCE SYSTEMS</rpOrgName>
<rpPosName>GEOGRAPHER</rpPosName>
<rpCntInfo>
<cntPhone>
<voiceNum>605-594-2715</voiceNum>
</cntPhone>
<cntAddress addressType="postal">
<delPoint>47914 252Nd Street</delPoint>
<city>Sioux Falls</city>
<adminArea>SD</adminArea>
<postCode>57198</postCode>
<country>US</country>
<eMailAdd>dewitz@usgs.gov</eMailAdd>
</cntAddress>
</rpCntInfo>
<role>
<RoleCd value="009"/>
</role>
</stepProc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="used">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
<stepSrc type="produced">
<srcCitatn>
<resAltTitle>USGS National Land Cover Database</resAltTitle>
</srcCitatn>
</stepSrc>
</prcStep>
</dataLineage>
</dqInfo>
<spatRepInfo>
<Georect>
<numDims>2</numDims>
<axisDimension type="001">
<dimSize>104424</dimSize>
</axisDimension>
<axisDimension type="002">
<dimSize>161190</dimSize>
</axisDimension>
<axisDimension type="003">
<dimSize>1</dimSize>
</axisDimension>
<cellGeo>
<CellGeoCd value="002"/>
</cellGeo>
</Georect>
</spatRepInfo>
<eainfo>
<detailed Name="SDE_VAT_130">
<enttyp>
<enttypl Sync="FALSE">SDE_VAT_130</enttypl>
<enttypd>Product showing the attributes for the impervious cover throughout CONUS</enttypd>
<enttypds>National Land Cover Database</enttypds>
<enttypt Sync="TRUE">Table</enttypt>
<enttypc Sync="TRUE">102</enttypc>
</enttyp>
<attr>
<attrlabl Sync="TRUE">OBJECTID</attrlabl>
<attalias Sync="TRUE">OBJECTID</attalias>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">OID</attrtype>
<attwidth Sync="TRUE">4</attwidth>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">10</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
<attrdef Sync="TRUE">Internal feature number.</attrdef>
<attrdefs Sync="TRUE">Esri</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<udom Sync="TRUE">Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
</attrdomv>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Red</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Red color code for RGB slice by value for imperviousness image display purposes. The value is arbitrarily assigned by the display software package, unless defined by user. Standard user defined ramp for NLCD project is start color light gray, end color red.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>NLCD 2019</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<rdom>
<rdommin>0</rdommin>
<rdommax>255</rdommax>
</rdom>
</attrdomv>
<attalias Sync="TRUE">Red</attalias>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Integer</attrtype>
<attwidth Sync="TRUE">4</attwidth>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">10</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl Sync="TRUE">Count_</attrlabl>
<attalias Sync="TRUE">Count_</attalias>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Double</attrtype>
<attwidth Sync="TRUE">8</attwidth>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">38</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">8</attscale>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Blue</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Blue color code for RGB slice by value for imperviousness image display purposes. The value is arbitrarily assigned by the display software package, unless defined by user. Standard user defined ramp for NLCD project is start color light gray, end color red.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>NLCD 2019</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<rdom>
<rdommin>0</rdommin>
<rdommax>255</rdommax>
</rdom>
</attrdomv>
<attalias Sync="TRUE">Blue</attalias>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Integer</attrtype>
<attwidth Sync="TRUE">4</attwidth>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">10</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Green</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Green color code for RGB slice by value for imperviousness image display purposes. The value is arbitrarily assigned by the display software package, unless defined by user. Standard user defined ramp for NLCD project is start color light gray, end color red.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>NLCD 2019</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<rdom>
<rdommin>0</rdommin>
<rdommax>255</rdommax>
</rdom>
</attrdomv>
<attalias Sync="TRUE">Green</attalias>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Integer</attrtype>
<attwidth Sync="TRUE">4</attwidth>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">10</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Value</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Percent Imperviousness. *while the file structure shows values in range from 0-255, the values of 0-100 are the only real populated values, in addition to a background value of 127.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>NLCD 2019</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<edom>
<edomv>127</edomv>
<edomvd>Background value</edomvd>
<edomvds>Producer defined</edomvds>
</edom>
</attrdomv>
<attrdomv>
<rdom>
<rdommin>0</rdommin>
<rdommax>100</rdommax>
<attrunit>percentage</attrunit>
<attrmres>0.1</attrmres>
</rdom>
</attrdomv>
<attalias Sync="TRUE">Value</attalias>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Integer</attrtype>
<attwidth Sync="TRUE">4</attwidth>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">10</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Opacity</attrlabl>
<attrdef>A measure of how opaque, or solid, a color is displayed in a layer.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>NLCD 2019</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<rdom>
<rdommin>0</rdommin>
<rdommax>1</rdommax>
<attrmres>0.01</attrmres>
</rdom>
</attrdomv>
<attalias Sync="TRUE">Opacity</attalias>
<attrtype Sync="TRUE">Integer</attrtype>
<attwidth Sync="TRUE">4</attwidth>
<atprecis Sync="TRUE">10</atprecis>
<attscale Sync="TRUE">0</attscale>
</attr>
</detailed>
<overview>
<eaover>Impervious Surface Attributes</eaover>
<eadetcit>Attributes defined by USGS and ESRI.</eadetcit>
</overview>
</eainfo>
<mdHrLvName Sync="TRUE">dataset</mdHrLvName>
<refSysInfo>
<RefSystem>
<refSysID>
<identCode Sync="TRUE" code="0"/>
</refSysID>
</RefSystem>
</refSysInfo>
<spdoinfo>
<rastinfo>
<rasttype Sync="TRUE">Pixel</rasttype>
<rowcount Sync="TRUE">40235</rowcount>
<colcount Sync="TRUE">41251</colcount>
<rastxsz Sync="TRUE">30.000000</rastxsz>
<rastysz Sync="TRUE">30.000000</rastysz>
<rastbpp Sync="TRUE">8</rastbpp>
<vrtcount Sync="TRUE">1</vrtcount>
<rastorig Sync="TRUE">Upper Left</rastorig>
<rastcmap Sync="TRUE">TRUE</rastcmap>
<rastcomp Sync="TRUE">LZ77</rastcomp>
<rastband Sync="TRUE">1</rastband>
<rastdtyp Sync="TRUE">pixel codes</rastdtyp>
<rastifor Sync="TRUE">SDR</rastifor>
<rastplyr Sync="TRUE">TRUE</rastplyr>
</rastinfo>
</spdoinfo>
<spref>
<horizsys>
<planar>
<planci>
<plance Sync="TRUE">row and column</plance>
<coordrep>
<absres Sync="TRUE">30.000000</absres>
<ordres Sync="TRUE">30.000000</ordres>
</coordrep>
</planci>
</planar>
</horizsys>
</spref>
<mdDateSt Sync="TRUE">20220421</mdDateSt>
</metadata>
