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FORM = Terraced Slope

Code: TS

Description: Terraced slopes.
Position: >5m above floodline
Form: Anthropogenic Terrace on >5% slope
Soil: Anthropogenic
Sedimentary Process: Source & Sink: anthropogenic & erosive fill/ erosive output
L1 Minimum: >10m
L2 Minimum: >5m
Identification: DEM slope class/ feature geometry/ prior knowledge
Compatible Classes
USE:
Mine & Fill Disturbed Ornamental Paddy Irrigated Rainfed Shifting Forestry Variable Fallow
COVER:
Barren Bare soil Annual Mixed Perennial
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 hydromorphic vegetation 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
Mapped Ecotopes
TSPAri01 ,  TSRAac04

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.