Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) Images
TM image (bands 5,4,7) of Mexico Coastal Plain from July 1991. This is the
wet season, and the landscape is mostly green.
TM image (bands 5,4,7) of Mexico Coastal Plain from March 1992. In the
spring season, much of this area is dry and is purple in this image. Some
crops are irrigated, such as banana, but most of the croplands are dry.
Spectral information from both of these images was used to generate a
land cover classification.
Key
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Water
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Burned
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Mangrove
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Annual Crop
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Transitional Swamp
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Secondary Forest
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Banana
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Riparian Vegetation
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Unmanaged Pasture
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Managed Pasture
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Urban
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Buffer
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