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Document Metadata :  Analysis of Impervious Cover in the Lake Tahoe Basin using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information

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Document Type: Document
Currentness Reference: Ground Condition
Status: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned
Purpose: The goal was to calculate discrete measures of impervious cover using image processing techniques and spatial modeling in a GIS in a small study area in South Lake Tahoe to improve methods for calculating impervious surface cover estimates needed for the Lake Tahoe Basin to assist with TRPA's land use modeling efforts.
Published Date: 1/15/2001
Originator/Contact:Desert Research Institute
Primary Agency: Desert Research Institute
Keywords:Soils_Topic,Soil Conservation Reports
Watershed: LAKE TAHOE BASIN