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)