Land Cover Classification, Snow Cover, and Fractional Snow-Covered Area Maps from Maxar WorldView Satellite Images, Version 1
Data set id:
WV_LCC_SC_FSCA
DOI: 10.5067/USXB6X9CD4Q2
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This data set includes: (1) fine-scale snow and land cover maps from two mountainous study sites in the Western U.S., produced using machine-learning models trained to extract land cover data from WorldView-2 and WorldView-3 stereo panchromatic and multispectral images; (2) binary snow maps derived from the land cover maps; and (3) 30 m and 465 m fractional snow-covered area (fSCA) maps, produced via downsampling of the binary snow maps. The land cover classification maps feature between three and six classes common to mountainous regions and integral for accurate stereo snow depth mapping: illuminated snow, shaded snow, vegetation, exposed surfaces, surface water, and clouds. Also included are Landsat and MODSCAG fSCA map products. The source imagery for these data are the Maxar WorldView-2 and Maxar WorldView-3 Level-1B 8-band multispectral images, orthorectified and converted to top-of-atmosphere reflectance. These Level-1B images are available under the NGA NextView/EnhancedView license.
Parameter(s):
LAND USE/LAND COVERSNOW COVER
Platform(s):
WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3
Sensor(s):
CAMERA
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
20 May 2015 to 5 May 2019
Temporal Resolution:
  • Not applicable
Spatial Resolution:
  • varies
  • varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / UTM zone 10N
EPSG:32610

WGS 84 / UTM zone 12N
EPSG:32612
Spatial Coverage:
N:
39.176142
S:
38.867847
E:
-108.032283
W:
-108.298097
N:
48.672717
S:
48.481442
E:
-120.993
W:
-121.203708
N:
48.441717
S:
48.269722
E:
-120.932614
W:
-121.179528
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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