2009

Chander, G., Huang, C., Yang, L., Homer, C.G., and Larson, C., 2009, Developing consistent Landsat data sets for large area applications–the MRLC 2001 Protocol:  IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, v. 6, no. 4, p. 777-781 .

Xian, G, Homer, C, and Fry, J. 2009. Updating the 2001 National Land Cover Database land cover classification to 2006 by using Landsat imagery change detection methods. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 113, No. 6. (15 June 2009), pp. 1133-1147.

2008

Fry, J.A., Coan, M.J., Homer, C.G., Meyer, D.K., and Wickham, J.D., 2009, Completion of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 1992–2001 Land Cover Change Retrofit product: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1379, 18 p.

Yang, L., 2008, Development of the United States National Land Cover Database–experience from 1992 and 2001 implementation, in Silk road for information from imagery, Beijing, China, July 3, 2008-July 11, 2008, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences, XXXVII, pt. B4: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 1461-1465.

2007

Homer, C., J. Dewitz, J. Fry, and N. Hossain, 2007. The United States 2001 National Land Cover Database. North American Land Cover Summit Proceedings, Association of American Geographers, September 2007, In press.

Homer, C., J. Dewitz, J. Fry, M. Coan, N. Hossain, C. Larson, N. Herold, A. McKerrow, J.N. VanDriel and J. Wickham. 2007. Completion of the 2001 National Land Cover Database for the Conterminous United States, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 73, No. 4, pp 337-341.

J. D. Wickham, K. H. Riitters, T. G. Wade, M. Coan and C. Homer. 2007. The effect of Appalachian mountaintop mining on interior forest, Landscape Ecology, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2007.

2006

Stehman, S.V. and Wickham, J.D. 2006. Assessing accuracy of net change derived from land cover maps. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. Vol.72, No. 2, pp 175-185

2004

Homer, C. C. Huang, L. Yang, B. Wylie and M. Coan. 2004. Development of a 2001 National Landcover Database for the United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 70, No. 7, July 2004, pp. 829-840.

Wickham, J.D., Stehman, S.V., Smith, J.H., Wade, T.G., and Yang, L. 2004. A priori evaluation of two-stage cluster sampling for accuracy of large-scale land-cover maps. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25:1235-1252.

Wickham, J.D., S.V. Stehman, J.H. Smith, L. Yang. 2004. Thematic Accuracy of the 1992 National Land-Cover Data for the Western United States. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 91, pp. 452-468.

2003

Huang, C., Homer, C., and L. Yang. 2003, Regional forest land cover characterization using Landsat type data, in Wulder, M., and Franklin, S., eds., Methods and Applications for Remote Sensing of Forests: Concepts and Case Studies, Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 389-410.   Color Graphic 1  Color Graphic 2

Smith, J., Stehman, S., Wickham, J., Yang, L, Effects of landscape characteristics on land-cover class accuracy. Remote Sensing of Environment 84 (2003) 342-349.

Stehman, S., Wickham, J., Smith, J. Yang, L, Thematic accuracy of the 1992 National Land-Cover Data for the eastern United States: Statistical methodology and regional results. Remote Sensing of Environment 86 (2003) 500-516.

Yang, L., C. Huang, C. Homer, B. Wylie and M. Coan. 2003. An approach for mapping large-area impervious surfaces: Synergistic use of Landsat 7 ETM+ and high spatial resolution imagery. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp.230-240.

Yang, L., Xian, G., Klaver, J., Deal, B, Urban Land-Cover Change Detection through Sub-Pixel Imperviousness Mapping Using Remotely Sensed Data. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing Vol. 69, No. 9, September 2003, pp. 1003-1010.

2002

Homer, C. G., C. Huang, L. Yang, and B. Wylie. 2002. Development of a Circa 2000 Landcover Database for the United States. ASPRS Proceedings, April, 2002. Washington D.C.

Huang, C., Wylie, B., Homer, C., Yang, L., and Zylstra, G., 2002. Derivation of a Tasseled cap transformation based on Landsat 7 at-satellite reflectance: International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 23, no. 8, p. 1741-1748.

Huang, C., Zhang, Z., Yang, L., Wylie, B., and Homer, C., 2002. MRLC 2001 Image Preprocessing Procedure, USGS White Paper.

Riitters, K.H., Wickham, J.D., O'Neill, R.V., Jones, K.B., Smith, E.R., Coulston, J.W., Wade, T.G., and Smith, J.H. 2002. Fragmentation of continental United States forests. Ecosystems, 5: 815-822.

2001

Homer, C. G., and A. Gallant, "Partitioning the Conterminous United States into Mapping Zones for Landsat TM Land Cover Mapping", USGS Draft White Paper, 2001.

Huang, C., L. Yang, C. Homer, M. Coan, R. Rykhus, Z. Zhang, B. Wylie, K. Hegge, Z. Zhu, A. Lister, M. Hoppus, R. Tymcio, L. DeBlander, W. Cooke, R. McRoberts, D. Wendt, and D. Weyermann, "Synergistic Use of FIA Plot Data and Landsat 7 ETM+ Images for Large Area Forest Mapping".

Huang, C., L. Yang, B. Wylie and C. Homer, "A Strategy for Estimating Tree Canopy Density Using Landsat & ETM+ and High Resolution Images over Large Areas", The proceedings of the Third International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry held in Denver, Colorado, 5-7 November, 2001, 1 disk.

Huang, C., L. Yang, C. Homer, B. Wylie, J. Vogelman and T. DeFelice, "At-Satellite Reflectance: A First Order Normalization of Landsat & ETM+ Images".

Riitters, K.H., J.D. Wickham, J.E. Vogelmann, and K.B. Jones. 2000. National land-cover pattern data. Ecology 81: 604; Ecological Archives E081-004.

Smith, J.H., Wickham, J.D., Stehman, S.V., and L. Yang, Impacts of patch size and land-cover heterogeneity on thematic image classification accuracy Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 68, No. 1, 65-70.

Stehman, S.V., Czaplewski, R.L., Nusser, S.M., Yang, L., and Zhu, Z. Combining accuracy assessment of land -cover maps with environmental monitoring programs. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 64: 115-126.

Stehman, S.V., J.D. Wickham, L. Yang, and J.H. Smith, Assessing the accuracy of large-area land cover maps: Experiences from the Multi-resolution Land-cover Characteristics (MRLC) project. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Delft University Press, The Netherlands, 601-608.

Wylie, B., C. Huang, L. Yang and C. Homer, "Evaluation of Optimal Sets of Landsat TM Spectral Deriviatives for Land Cover Classification", USGS Draft White Paper, 2001.

Vogelmann, J.E., T.L. Sohl, P.V. Campbell, and D.M. Shaw. 1998. Regional land cover characterization using Landsat Thematic Mapper data and ancillary data sources. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 51: 415-428.

Vogelmann, J.E., T. Sohl, and S.M. Howard. 1998. Regional characterization of land cover using multiple sources of data. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 64: 45-57.

Vogelmann, J.E., S.M. Howard, L. Yang, C. R. Larson, B. K. Wylie, and J. N. Van Driel, 2001, Completion of the 1990’s National Land Cover Data Set for the conterminous United States, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 67:650-662.

Vogelmann, J.E. and Wickham, J., 2000, Implementation strategy for production of national land cover data (NLCD) from the Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper Satellite, EPA/600/R-00/051 (NTIS PB2001-101756), Las Vegas, NV.: U.S. EPA.

Yang, L., Collin Homer, Kent Hegge, Chengquan Huang, Bruce Wylie and Bradley Reed, 2001, "A Landsat 7 Scene Selection Strategy for a National Land Cover Database." Proceedings of the IEEE 2001 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Sydney, Australia, CD-ROM, 1 Disc.

Yang, L., Stehman, S., Smith, J., Wickham, J, Thematic accuracy of MRLC land cover for the eastern United States. Remote Sensing of Environment 76 (2001) 418-422.

Yang, L., Stehman, S. V., Wickham, J.D., Smith, J.H., Van Driel, N.J, Thematic validation of land cover data of the eastern United States using aerial photography: Feasibility and challenges. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Delft University Press, The Netherlands, 747-754.

Zhu, Z., Yang, L., Y., Stehman, S.V., and Czaplewski, R.L, Accuracy Assessment for the U.S. Geological Survey Regional Land-Cover Mapping Program: New York and New Jersey Region Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 66, No. 12: pg 1425-1435.

2000

Riitters, K.H., Wickham, J.D., Vogelmann, J.E., and K.B. Jones. 2000. National land-cover pattern data. Ecology 81:604-604.

Vogelmann, J.E., Howard, S.M., Yang, L., Larson, C.R., Wylie, B.K., Van Driel, N., Completion of the 1990s National Land Cover Dataset for the Coterminous United States from Landsat Thematic Mapper Data and Ancillary Data Sources. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 67, no. 6, p. 650 - 661.

Zhu, Z., Yang, L., Stehman, S.V., and Czaplewski, R.L., 1999, Chapter 46B Designing an accuracy assessment for a USGS regional land cover mapping program, in Lowell, Kim, ed., Spatial Accuracy AssessmentBLand Information Uncertainty in Natural Resources: Chelsea, Michigan, Sleeping Bear Press/Ann Arbor Press, p. 393-398.

1999

Sohl, Terry, Vogelmann, Jim, Wylie, Bruce, Larson, Chuck, and Van Driel, Nick, 1999, Creation of a 30 meter land cover database for the conterminous United States; accomplishments and future goals, in 1999 ASPRS Annual Conference, From Image to Information, Portland, Oregon, May 17-21, 1999, Proceedings: Bethesda, Maryland, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, CD-ROM, 1 disc.

Stehman, S.V., Yang, Limin, Zhu, Zhiliang, and Czaplewski, R.L., 1999, Accuracy assessment of large area land-cover maps & experiences from the multiresolution landcover characterization project, in 1999 ASPRS Annual Conference, From Image to Information, Portland, Oregon, May 17-21, 1999, Proceedings: Bethesda, Maryland, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, CD-ROM, 1 disc.

Zhu, Z., Yang, L., Stehman, S.V., and Czaplewski, R.L., 1999, Chapter 46 Designing an accuracy assessment for a USGS regional land cover mapping program, in Lowell, Kim, ed., Spatial Accuracy AssessmentBLand Information Uncertainty in Natural Resources: Chelsea, Michigan, Sleeping Bear Press/Ann Arbor Press, p. 393-398.

1996

Loveland, T. R., and Shaw D. M., 1996, Multi-resolution land characterization: building collaborative partnerships, in GAP Analysis: A Landscape Approach to Biodiversity Planning, J. M. Scott, T. H. Tear, and F. W. Davis, Editors, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland, p. 79-85.

Vogelmann, J., Howard, S., and Sohl, T., 1996, Regional land cover characterization using multiple sources of intermediate-scale data, in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 1996, Proceedings: Picataway, New Jersey, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., v. I, p. 246-247.