EPA Sites
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics ConsortiumThe goals for the MRLC Consortium include the generation of landcover data for the conterminous United States and the development of a flexible and functional land characteristics database that meets the diverse needs of the participating programs and federal agencies. Common requirements for source satellite data, preprocessing, spectral clustering, ancillary data acquisition and integration, and data management and distribution have been identified.
North American Landscape Characterization Program
The NALC project is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and NASA to make Landsat data available to the widest possible user community for scientific research and general public interest.