COVER_DETAIL

COVER = Bare soil

Code: E

Description: bare soil all year because of compaction, disturbance, dryness or other long-term factors.
Surface: >75% soil
Herbaceous: <<25%
Woody: <<10%
L1 Minimum: >2m linear/ >5m polygon
L2 Minimum: >0.1m linear/ >2m polygon

Compatible Classes

FORM:

Anthropogenic Mounded Excavated Terraced Slope Floodplain Foot Slope Bench Plateau Summit Sloping Steep Slope Retention Pond Seasonal Stream Seasonal River

USE:

Constructed Livestock Mine & Fill Disturbed Variable Fallow Pristine

GROUP:

transportation irrigation other sealed excavation infill & dumping disturbed & debris livestock household plantings bare earth

Mapped Ecotopes

ANCEir01 , ANCEir07 , ANCEos09 , ANCEtr01 , ANDEdb01 , ANDEdb02 , ANMEex01 , ANMEin01 , ANMEin03 , ANMEin04 , EXMEex02 , EXMEex08 , FPDEdb02 , FPFEbe01 , SLDEdb01 , SLDEdb02 , SLFEbe01

Citation for AEM: Ellis E. C., H. Wang, H. Xiao, K. Peng, X. P. Liu, S. C. Li, H. Ouyang, X. Cheng, and L. Z. Yang. 2006. Measuring long-term ecological changes in densely populated landscapes using current and historical high resolution imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 100(4):457-473.