Exploratory analysis of environmental interactions in central California

Open-File Report 95-654
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Abstract

As part of its global change research program, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has produced raster data that describe the land cover of the United States using a consistent format. The data consist of elevations, satellite measurements, computed vegetation indices, land cover classes, and ancillary political, topographic and hydrographic information. This open-file report uses some of these data to explore the environment of a (256-km)? region of central California. We present various visualizations of the data, multiscale correlations between topography and vegetation, a path analysis of more complex statistical interactions, and a map that portrays the influence of agriculture on the region's vegetation. An appendix contains C and Mathematica code used to generate the graphics and some of the analysis.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Exploratory analysis of environmental interactions in central California
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 95-654
DOI 10.3133/ofr95654
Edition -
Year Published 1996
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
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