FORM = Summit
Code:
SU
Description:
Tops of hills; plateaus.
Position:
>5m above floodline
Form:
summit, 0 -30% Slope between steep slopes
Soil:
weathered
Sedimentary Process:
Source: gradual erosion
L1 Minimum:
>10m
L2 Minimum:
>5m
Identification:
DEM peak slope areas
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Compatible Classes
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USE:
Mine & Fill
Disturbed
Ornamental
Paddy
Irrigated
Rainfed
Shifting
Forestry
Variable
Fallow
Pristine
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COVER:
Barren
Bare soil
Annual
Mixed
Perennial
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GROUP:
disturbed & debris
livestock
greenhouse
household plantings
public plantings
turfgrass
hydromorphic crops
annual crops
pasture
mixed crop plots
nursery
deciduous woody crops
evergreen woody crops
deciduous tree crops
evergreen tree crops
agroforestry
tall graminoids
annual vegetation
deciduous forestry plantings
evergreen forestry plantings
open woody mix
open wooded brush
open mixed trees
closed woody mix
closed woody evergreen
closed woody deciduous
mixed trees
deciduous broadleaf trees
deciduous needleleaf trees
evergreen broadleaf trees
evergreen needleleaf trees
variable
bare earth
barren
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Mapped Ecotopes
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SUDAdb03
,
SUDMdb04
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SUFPdt02
,
SUOAhp10
,
SUOApp16
,
SUOMhp15
,
SURAac04
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SURPaf31
,
SURPod12
,
SUTMow02
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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.