ANDERSON (1976) Land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensor data Level...

ANDERSON (1976) Land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensor data Level I Level II1 Urban or Built-up Land 11 Residential

12 Commercial and Services13 Industrial14 Transportation, Communications, and Utilities15 Industrial and Commercial Complexes16 Mixed Urban or Built-up Land17 Other Urban or Built-up Land

2 Agricultural Land 21 Cropland and Pasture22 Orchards, Groves, Vineyards, Nurseries, and Ornamental Horticultural23 Confined Feeding Operations24 Other Agricultural Land

3 Rangeland 31 Herbaceous Rangeland32 Shrub and Brush Rangeland33 Mixed Rangeland

4 Forest Land 41 Deciduous Forest Land42 Evergreen Forest Land43 Mixed Forest Land

5 Water 51 Streams and Canals52 Lakes53 Reservoirs54 Bays and Estuaries

6 Wetland 61 Forested Wetland62 Nonforested Wetland

7 Barren Land 71 Dry Salt Flats.72 Beaches73 Sandy Areas other than Beaches74 Bare Exposed Rock75 Strip Mines Quarries, and Gravel Pits76 Transitional Areas77 Mixed Barren Land

8 Tundra 81 Shrub and Brush Tundra82 Herbaceous Tundra83 Bare Ground Tundra84 Wet Tundra85 Mixed Tundra

9 Perennial Snow or Ice 91 Perennial Snowfields92 Glaciers

Proposed Taxonomy scheme for NSEC Database (Popp Nov 2003):

MINERALS - Dana (1837) System of Mineral Classification. ElementsSulfidesOxidesHalidesCarbonatesSulfatesPhosphatesSilicates

SOILS - A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys, Second Edition, 1999 USDA

AlfisolsAndisolsAridisolsEntisolsGelisolsHistosolsInceptisolsMollisolsOxisolsSpodosolsUltisolsVertisols

ROCK - This Group should follow the standard form of taxonomy consistent with conventional petrology.

IgneousSedimentaryMetamorphicMeteorite

VEGETATION-

Existing Spectral Libraries

ASTER Spectral Library (compilation of USGS, JHU, JPL)