Can-Peat Metadata Record
Title: Northern Digital Landcover - Saskatchewan
Citation: Government of Saskatchewan. (2019). Northern Digital Landcover. Saskatchewan GeoHub. https://geohub.saskatchewan.ca/maps/5e18f54d075c48459764668f0b0d3b31/about
Study Site: Northern Saskatchewan
Purpose: It is a priority of the Saskatchewan and Canadian government to assess and monitor the health and sustainability of Canada's Forest. The North Digital Land Cover Classification (NDLC) will provide Saskatchewan's contribution to Canada's Earth Observation for Sustainable Development of Forests (EOSD) initiative, helping Canada fulfill it's obligation to the Kyoto Protocol.
Abstract: Landcover dataset created for the northern part of Saskatchewan based on a combination of Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) and Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) data representing circa 2000 conditions.
Supplemental Information Summary:
Research: Canada's Earth Observation for Sustainable Development of Forests
Further Info:
Status: Complete
Keywords:
carbon dioxide,
land-use,
agriculture,
wildfire,
forestry,
Geographical coordinates: North: 60.18, South: 53.77 East: -101.01 West: -110.76
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: , End
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