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AERSURFACE Season Values
The surface characteristic values used by AERSURFACE are based on the land use classification by season. In the AERSURFACE User’s Guide, five seasons are used as defined below: Seasonal Categories Category Description 1 Midsummer with lush vegetation 2 Autumn with unharvested cropland 3 Late autumn after frost and harvest or winter with no snow 4 […]
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Mapping Land Use / Land Cover Codes from NLCD1992 to NLCD2011
If you do chose to use land use data from the USGS that is more recent than 1992 (NLCD for 2001, 2006, and 2011), be aware that the classification schema for the newer data is slightly different. The table below show the mapping for the classification codes. Mapping of LULC Codes Between NLCD1992 and NLCD2011 […]