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  2. DS-777 Annual Model-Backcasted Land-Use/Land-Cover Rasters from 1949 to 2008 for the High Plains Aquifer in Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming

DS-777 Annual Model-Backcasted Land-Use/Land-Cover Rasters from 1949 to 2008 for the High Plains Aquifer in Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming

Dates

Release Date
2013-06-26
Start Date
1949
End Date
2008
Publication Date

Citation

Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, 2013, DS-777 Annual Model-Backcasted Land-Use/Land-Cover Rasters from 1949 to 2008 for the High Plains Aquifer in Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Q6XCC4.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. Estimates of land use categories are an essential component for computing the water budget of the High Plains aquifer. These raster land-use data represent yearly estimated land use for the High Plains from 1949 to 2008. These data were developed using the FOREcasting SCEnarios of future land cover (FORE-SCE) model (Sohl and others, 2007) and then processed using a Geographic Information System (GIS). The GIS software used to process these data was [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
Process Contact :
Terry L. Sohl, U.S. Geological Survey - Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Originator :
Terry L. Sohl, U.S. Geological Survey - Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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ds777_High_Plains_historical_land_use.xml
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ds777_High_Plains_historical_land_use.gdb.zip 100.27 MB application/zip
ds777_High_Plains_historical_land_use.gif thumbnail 85.93 KB image/gif

Purpose

The purpose of these raster data are for use as input to a Soil Water Balance Model (SWB). SWB uses topography, soil properties, and land use to simulate recharge rates and groundwater withdrawals (irrigation pumpage). The simulated recharge rates were then used in a groundwater-flow model.
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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9Q6XCC4

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