Landsat Supplementary Data

Temperate Forest Monitoring from 2000 to 2005

Landsat Supplementary Data

Landsat ETM+ (28.5 m spatial resolution) data were sampled and classified to derive area estimates of forest cover and change within the biome. Stratified sampling was implemented to enhance precision by allocating greater sampling effort to areas likely to exhibit change. The strata were determined based on the MODIS-derived forest cover loss hotspot map. The biome was partitioned into a sampling frame consisting of square blocks 18.5 km per side. The 500m forest cover loss hotspot map for 2000-2005 was aggregated per block, yielding percent change for each of the blocks within the biome. The stratum boundaries were chosen guided by the cumulative square root frequency rule and the sample size allocated to each change stratum was initially determined by optimal allocation (Cochran, 1977).

Stratified sampling design.

Stratum	MODIS forest loss hotspot fraction	Number of blocks sampled
1	0-0.25%	40
2	0.25-3%	40
3	>3%	40

Each Landsat sample block was classified using a supervised decision tree classifier to yield 2000 forest cover and 2000 to 2005 forest clearing areas. Forest was defined as greater than 25% canopy cover and change was measured without regard to forest land use. Sample block imagery and classification results can be viewed from this page.

Africa

	Morocco, South	29.9° N	9.5° W	Stratum 1
	Morocco, Tensift	31.6° N	7.9° W	Stratum 1
Asia

	China, Anhui	32.3° N	116.2° E	Stratum 1
	China, Hebei	38.4° N	115.0° E	Stratum 1
	China, Hebei	39.1° N	115.0° E	Stratum 1
	China, Heilongjiang	44.3° N	127.9° E	Stratum 1
	China, Heilongjiang	45.6° N	127.0° E	Stratum 1
	China, Henan	34.8° N	113.5° E	Stratum 1
	China, Jiangsu	34.4° N	118.7° E	Stratum 1
	China, Shandong	34.8° N	117.3° E	Stratum 1
	China, Sichuan	32.8° N	103.5° E	Stratum 1
	China, Sichuan	27.9° N	101.6° E	Stratum 1
	China, Zhejiang	29.8° N	121.6° E	Stratum 2
	Iran, Khorasan	37.1° N	56.3° E	Stratum 1
	Japan, Kyushu	32.6° N	131.4° E	Stratum 2
	Turkey, Erzincan	39.9° N	39.0° E	Stratum 1
	Turkey, Yozgat	39.8° N	35.2° E	Stratum 1
Australian Area

	Australia, Queensland	26.8° S	152.6° E	Stratum 2
	Australia, South Australia	33.8° S	136.0° E	Stratum 1
	Australia, Victoria	37.1° S	148.0° E	Stratum 2
	Australia, Western Australia	34.9° S	116.8° E	Stratum 2
	Australia, Western Australia	32.3° S	122.3° E	Stratum 3
	Australia, Western Australia	30.9° S	120.7° E	Stratum 3
	Australia, Western Australia	32.1° S	120.7° E	Stratum 3
	Australia, Western Australia	33.1° S	122.8° E	Stratum 3
	Australia, Western Australia	33.3° S	120.7° E	Stratum 3
	New Zealand, Bay of Plenty	38.3° S	176.7° E	Stratum 3
	New Zealand, Canterbury	42.4° S	173.3° E	Stratum 1
Europe

	Belarus, Vitebsk	55.6° N	27.9° E	Stratum 1
	France, Aquitaine	44.8° N	1.1° W	Stratum 3
	France, Champagne-Ardenne	48.3° N	4.9° E	Stratum 2
	Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz	49.3° N	8.3° E	Stratum 1
	Hungary, Baranya	46.1° N	18.1° E	Stratum 1
	Hungary, Bekes	46.9° N	21.1° E	Stratum 1
	Italy, Marche	43.9° N	12.8° E	Stratum 1
	Poland, Ostroleka	52.8° N	21.3° E	Stratum 2
	Portugal, Braganca	41.8° N	6.8° W	Stratum 2
	Portugal, Castelo Branco	39.9° N	7.9° W	Stratum 3
	Russia, Bryanskaya Oblast'	53.6° N	34.1° E	Stratum 2
	Russia, Krasnodarskiy Kray	44.3° N	39.0° E	Stratum 1
	Russia, Moskovskaya Oblast'	55.1° N	38.9° E	Stratum 1
	Russia, Nizhegorodskaya Oblast'	55.6° N	43.8° E	Stratum 1
	Russia, Tverskaya Oblast'	57.9° N	34.7° E	Stratum 1
	Russia, Tverskaya Oblast'	57.4° N	34.5° E	Stratum 2
	Russia, Tverskaya Oblast'	56.6° N	31.3° E	Stratum 2
	Russia, Udmurtskaya Respublika	56.8° N	54.0° E	Stratum 1
	Russia, Vladimirskaya Oblast'	56.6° N	39.8° E	Stratum 1
	Russia, Vladimirskaya Oblast'	56.1° N	40.2° E	Stratum 1
	Serbia, Serbia	43.9° N	19.6° E	Stratum 2
	Serbia, Serbia	44.1° N	21.2° E	Stratum 2
	Slovakia, Vychodoslovensky	49.1° N	20.7° E	Stratum 2
	Slovenia, Slovenia	45.9° N	14.0° E	Stratum 2
	Spain, Andalucia	37.3° N	2.2° W	Stratum 1
	Spain, Andalucia	37.1° N	3.4° W	Stratum 2
	Spain, Aragon	41.3° N	1.9° W	Stratum 1
	Spain, Castilla y Leon	42.4° N	6.7° W	Stratum 2
	Spain, Castilla y Leon	42.3° N	3.3° W	Stratum 2
	Spain, La Rioja	42.3° N	3° W	Stratum 2
	Sweden, Hallands	56.4° N	13.4° E	Stratum 2
	United Kingdom, England	52.1° N	0.1° E	Stratum 2
North America

	Canada, New Brunswick	47.1° N	67.2° W	Stratum 3
	Canada, Nova Scotia	45.1° N	62.4° W	Stratum 3
	Canada, Quebec	45.3° N	72.8° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Alabama	34.9° N	86.3° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Alabama	32.3° N	88.2° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Alabama	31.9° N	85.3° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Alabama	31.1° N	86.3° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Arkansas	34.8° N	92.6° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Arkansas	33.6° N	93.7° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Arkansas	34.1° N	92.1° W	Stratum 3
	United States, California	39.3° N	123.6° W	Stratum 2
	United States, California	34.3° N	117.2° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Connecticut	41.4° N	73.2° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Florida	28.3° N	82.2° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Florida	30.6° N	82.8° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Georgia	34.4° N	83.5° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Georgia	34.1° N	83.4° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Georgia	30.9° N	82.7° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Georgia	32.1° N	84.5° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Georgia	32.8° N	84.3° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Indiana	39.9° N	87.5° W	Stratum 1
	United States, Kentucky	36.8° N	85.4° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Louisiana	30.8° N	93.4° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Louisiana	30.4° N	93.4° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Louisiana	31.4° N	92.5° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Louisiana	32.6° N	92.5° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Louisiana	30.8° N	89.9° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Louisiana	30.8° N	90.5° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Louisiana	32.9° N	94° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Maine	43.3° N	70.8° W	Stratum 1
	United States, Maine	47.3° N	69.4° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Maine	45.1° N	68.3° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Minnesota	45.3° N	92.9° W	Stratum 1
	United States, Mississippi	31.9° N	89.4° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Mississippi	32.1° N	90.6° W	Stratum 3
	United States, New York	43.8° N	75.8° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Oklahoma	34.1° N	97.1° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Oregon	45.6° N	117.3° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Oregon	43.1° N	123.6° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Oregon	43.6° N	121.8° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Oregon	45.9° N	123.5° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Pennsylvania	41.4° N	78.6° W	Stratum 1
	United States, Pennsylvania	40.8° N	79.1° W	Stratum 1
	United States, South Carolina	33.9° N	79.4° W	Stratum 2
	United States, South Carolina	33.6° N	80.3° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Tennessee	35.1° N	85° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Tennessee	35.3° N	88.1° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Texas	30.6° N	95.9° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Texas	31.8° N	95° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Texas	31.1° N	93.7° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Texas	31.8° N	94° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Texas	30.4° N	94.4° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Texas	31.9° N	94.7° W	Stratum 3
	United States, Virginia	37.6° N	78.6° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Virginia	37.3° N	82.2° W	Stratum 2
	United States, Virginia	38.1° N	78.9° W	Stratum 2
South America

	Argentina, Tierra Del Fuego	54.8° S	68.3° W	Stratum 1
	Chile, Bio-Bio	37.1° S	71.1° W	Stratum 1
	Chile, Magallanes y De La Antartica Chilena	54.1° S	69.2° W	Stratum 1
	Chile, Magallanes y De La Antartica Chilena	52.4° S	69.5° W	Stratum 1

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