GROUP: greenhouse (gh)
DEFINITION: greenhouses & horticultural builtup areas with plants
in pots, benches or under cover, in use or >50% cover
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Classification
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- Object
- earth & plastic greenhouses = earth
wall structure with plastic cover (semi-permanent), plastic may be opened during
hot season.
- glass or plastic greenhouses = permanent
glass or plastic/metal structure: does not include temporary plastic/metal greenhouses.
- open-air horticultural area = non-enclosed
permanent structure open to sky, used for production of plants in pots or other
artificial media, not in soil.
- roofed horticultural area = permanent
roof-covered (rain does not penetrate), but not fully-enclosed structure, used for
production of plants in pots or other artificial media, not in soil.
- Modifier 1 (structure type)
- permeable floor = floors of
earth, may be compacted or covered with permeable temporary surface with some water
penetration.
- sealed floor = floor covered
by permanent impermeable surface such as concrete or heavy plastic.
- Scale
- small <30 m
- large >30 m
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- earth & plactic greenhouses
- permeable floor
- small <30 m =
gh01
- large >30 m = gh02
- glass or plastic greenhouses
- sealed floor
- small <30 m = gh03
- large >30 m = gh04
- open-air horticultural area
- sealed floor
- small <30 m = gh05
- large >30 m = gh06
- permeable floor
- small <30 m = gh07
- large >30 m = gh08
- roofed horticultural area
- sealed floor
- small <30 m = gh09
- large >30 m = gh10
- permeable floor
- small <30 m = gh11
- large >30 m = gh12
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Dominance Rules
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- IF TYPE with greater area is very similar or otherwise unclear:
- Choose earth & plastic greenhouses over
glass or plastic greenhouses over open-air horticultural
area over roofed horticultural area.
- Choose permeable floor over sealed floor.
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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.