HSPF Land Cover Type

Land cover classified by categories used in HSPF/WWHM

Description

This layer provides land cover classifications corresponding to default categories used in the Western Washington Hydrology Model.

Land cover was derived from the Nature Conservancy’s high-resolution land cover data set and remapped according to the table below:

Derived Land Cover	HSPF Land cover class
Fine Vegetation	Grass
Medium Vegetation	Grass
Coarse Vegetation	Forest
Dirt/Barren	Grass
Water	Water
Impervious Other	Impervious
Impervious Roofs (roofs were designated impervious/flat slope)	Impervious
NLCD Cropland	Pasture

Layer Access in Earth Engine

The javascript commands below can be used to access this layer within the Google Earth Engine Code Editor. A Google Earth Engine account is required.

// Import the layer data dictionary
var data = require('users/stormwaterheatmap/apps:data/public')

// To view data dictionary, print to the console:
print('Data:', data)

//Get this layer from the layer data dictionary: 
var layer_name = data.rasters["HSPF Land Cover Type"]

Viewing

Individual objects contain all the info used in the stormwater heatmap. To add it to the map, add the layer object.

var display_image = layer_name.layer
Map.addLayer(display_image)

Analysis

To get the raw image data for analysis, access the eeObject key.

var raw_image = layer_name.layer.eeObject
Map.addLayer(raw_image,{},'HSPF Land Cover Type')

Layer Full-Extent Download

Click the "download" link to initiate the download process. The data will download as a GeoTIFF file (the file size is listed beside the layer name) and a WGS 84 projection. The resolution is the finest available based on the source data.

HSPF Land Cover Type (43.9 MB) download