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  4. Arundo donax (Arundo Cane) Image Classification along the Rio Grande in Webb County, Texas, June 30, 2020

Arundo donax (Arundo Cane) Image Classification along the Rio Grande in Webb County, Texas, June 30, 2020

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2020-06-30
End Date
2021-05-07

Citation

Villa, J., 2023, Arundo donax (Arundo Cane) image classification along the Rio Grande in Webb County, Texas, 2020–2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B04452.

Summary

This dataset contains a thematic [classified] image derived from supervised classification of WorldView-3 satellite imagery. This data release contains a geospatial thematic (raster) image derived from a supervised classification of WorldView-3 satellite imagery obtained during 2020–21. Arundo donax (Arundo cane, giant reed, or Carrizo cane), is an invasive bamboo-like perennial grass most common to riparian areas throughout the southwestern United States. Because it displaces native riparian vegetation, Arundo cane has greatly disrupted the health of riparian ecosystems in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico during the past 50 years. Arundo cane also has created border security problems along the Rio Grande as it grows [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
Process Contact :
Jennifer Villa
Originator :
Jennifer Villa
Metadata Contact :
Jennifer Villa
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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wv3_ArundoCaneImageClassification_20200630.xml
“Metadata image classification June 30, 2020”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		75.04 KB application/fgdc+xml
wv3_arundo_classification_20200630_TIF.zip
“Image classification June 30, 2020” 		1.01 MB application/zip
ArundoCane_RioGrande.jpg
“Photograph of the Rio Grande by Cassi Crow, U.S. Geological Survey, July 7, 2020” 		thumbnail 1.43 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

The purpose of this data release is to estimate the extent and area of Arundo cane before, during, and after the application of imazapyr and/or glyphosate herbicides on a reach of the Rio Grande in Webb County, Texas, in 2020–21.
Photograph of the Rio Grande by Cassi Crow, U.S. Geological Survey, July 7, 2020
Photograph of the Rio Grande by Cassi Crow, U.S. Geological Survey, July 7, 2020

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