Measuring Land-Use and Land-Cover Change Using the USDA Cropland Data Layer: Cautions and Recommendations

Tyler J Lark1, Rick Mueller2, David M Johnson2 and Holly Gibbs3, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Washington, DC, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Geography; Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Madison, WI, United States