AN AUTOMATED ALGORITHM FOR PRODUCING LAND COVER INFORMATION FROM LANDSAT SURFACE REFLECTANCE DATA ACQUIRED BETWEEN 1984 AND PRESENT

Jennifer Rover1, Martin B Goldhaber2, Cheryl Holen3, Ray Dittmeier4, Steve Wika3, Daniel Steinwand1, Devendra Dahal5, Brian Tolk4, Robert Quenzer3, Kurtis Nelson6, Bruce K Wylie1 and Michael Coan3, (1)USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (2)US Geological Survey, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis, Denver, CO, United States, (3)Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT, Inc.), Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (4)KBR, Contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (5)KBR, contractor to U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation Science Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (6)USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, United States