UERL BXII Data Library

Data

Coupled Human & Natural Systems

Biocomplexity II

Biocomplexity II Data Library

Landscape signatures along urban-to-rural gradients. We have conducted a preliminary analysis of available data for comparisons among the Seattle and Phoenix metropolitan regions (Table 1). The tables provide a sample of some of the data available for the BX2 projects.

Table 1. Compiled Landscape Data Sets for the Seattle and Phoenix Metropolitan Regions

a) Seattle, WA

Data Attributes	Land cover	Land use/Parcels	Trans- portation	Elevation	Hydrography	Climate	Soils	Critical Areas	Human Patterns
Spatial extent	Central Puget Sound	Central Puget Sound	Central Puget Sound	Central Puget Sound	Central Puget Sound	Western WA	Western WA	Central Puget Sound	City of Seattle, Central Puget Sound Counties
Scale/resolution	30 m	Minimum parcel size	1:24000	1:24000, 30 m	1:24000	Various	1:100k	Various, 1:24k	Various
Categorical resolution	14 classes	22 classes (LU); 30 classes (Parcel)	5 road classes	N/A	10 classes	Various	6	1; 14 layers	Various
Data source	Landsat TM, ETM	County Parcel	County, WA DOT	DEM NED	DLG, regional updates	UW Climate Impacts Group	USDA NRCS STATSGO	Counties WA agencies	City of Seattle, Counties, PSRC*
Years covered	1986, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2002	Year Built 1900-2000 2002, 2003	2002	2000	2005 update	Present, Future	1990’s	2002	2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
Data format	Raster	Vector Polygon (Parcel)	Line	Raster	Point, Line, Polygon	Point, “Down-scaled” Raster	Polygon	Polygon, Raster	Polygon

b) Phoenix, AZ

	Data Sets
Data Attributes	Land cover	Land use/Parcels	Transportation	Elevation	Hydrography	Climate	Soils	Human patterns
Spatial extent	Arizona, Maricopa, Pinal, & Santa Cruz counties, Phoenix metropolitan area, Scottsdale, Buckeye	Arizona, Phoenix metropolitan area	Arizona, Maricopa county, Phoenix, Mesa, East Valley	Arizona, Phoenix metro-politan area	Arizona, Maricopa & Pinal counties, Phoenix metropolitan area, Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Salt River	southern Arizona, Maricopa & Pinal counties, Phoenix, Chandler, Scotts-dale	Arizona, Phoenix metro-politan area	Arizona, Maricopa & Pinal counties, Phoenix metropolitan area, central Phoenix
Scale/resolution	15 m, 30 m	Minimum parcel size	1:24000	1:24000, 30 m
Categorical resolution	5, 11, 12, 13,& 31 classes	89 & 91 classes		13 classes	10 classes
Data source	Aster,Landsat			DEM, NED
Years covered	1935, 1962, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005	1912, 1934, 1955, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000	2000, 2001, 2003		1960, 1985-2000, 1993, 1996-2000, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005		1994	1980-2000, 1988, 1990, 1990-2000, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Data format	Point, Polygon, Raster	MultiPolygon, Point, Polygon	LineString, MultiLine String, Point, Polygon	Raster, MultiLine	LineString, Point, Polygon, Raster	Point	Polygon	LineString, Point, Polygon