-
Fire Patterns among Ecological Zones in the California Desert, 1984–2013
The California desert occupies the southeastern 27% of California (11,028,300 ha, 110,283 km2 or 27,251,610 ac). It includes two ecoregional provinces comprised of five desert... -
Empirical and provisional seed transfer zones for the Mojave Desert and...
Empirical evidence that local adaptation and home-site advantages are frequent across plant taxa has increased recognition that local adaptation plays a fundamental role in... -
Remote Sensing Shrub/Grass National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Back-in-Time...
The need to monitor change in sagebrush steppe is urgent due to the increasing impacts of climate change, shifting fire regimes, and management practices on ecosystem health.... -
Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) Fractional...
The RCMAP (Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection) dataset quantifies the percent cover of rangeland components across the western U.S. using Landsat imagery... -
Biophyiscal settings and wildfire frequencies in the Sonoran Desert...
This raster dataset contains biophysical settings (band 1) and wildfire frequencies (band 2) within the Sonoran Desert ecological section of California. Biophysical settings... -
Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) Fractional...
The RCMAP (Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection) dataset quantifies the percent cover of rangeland components across the western U.S. using Landsat imagery... -
National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2016 Shrubland Fractional Components for...
Quantifying Western U.S. shrublands as a series of fractional components with remote sensing provides a new way to understand these changing ecosystems. The USGS NLCD team in... -
Groundwater-quality data in the Coachella Valley Domestic Supply Aquifer...
The U.S. Geological Survey collected groundwater samples from 38 wells used for domestic and small system drinking water supply in the Coachella Valley of California in 2020.... -
Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) Fractional...
The RCMAP (Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection) dataset quantifies the percent cover of rangeland components across the western U.S. using Landsat imagery... -
Remote Sensing Shrub/Grass National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Back-in-Time...
The need to monitor change in sagebrush steppe is urgent due to the increasing impacts of climate change, shifting fire regimes, and management practices on ecosystem health.... -
Principal components of climate variation in the Desert Southwest for the...
Five principal components are used to represent the climate variation in an original set of 12 composite climate variables reflecting complex precipitation and temperature... -
Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) Fractional...
The RCMAP (Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection) dataset quantifies the percent cover of rangeland components across the western U.S. using Landsat imagery... -
Principal components of climate variation in the Desert Southwest for the...
Climate Distance Mapper is an interactive web mapping application designed to facilitate informed seed sourcing decisions and to aid in directing regional seed collections.... -
National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2016 Shrubland Fractional Components for...
Quantifying Western U.S. shrublands as a series of fractional components with remote sensing provides a new way to understand these changing ecosystems. The USGS NLCD team in... -
National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2016 Shrubland Fractional Components for...
Quantifying Western U.S. shrublands as a series of fractional components with remote sensing provides a new way to understand these changing ecosystems. The USGS NLCD team in... -
Principal components of climate variation in the Desert Southwest for the...
Climate Distance Mapper is an interactive web mapping application designed to facilitate informed seed sourcing decisions and to aid in directing regional seed collections.... -
Publication and Report: Ecosystem Water Balance in a Desert Grassland
Abstract: Climate change predictions include warming and drying trends, which are expected to be particularly pronounced in the southwestern United States. In this region,... -
Mean of the Top Ten Percent of NDVI Values in the Yuma Proving Ground during...
This study uses growth in vegetation during the monsoon season measured from LANDSAT imagery as a proxy for measured rainfall. NDVI values from 26 years of pre- and post-monsoon... -
Principal components of climate variation in the Desert Southwest for the...
Five principal components are used to represent the climate variation in an original set of 12 composite climate variables reflecting complex precipitation and temperature... -
Principal components of climate variation in the Desert Southwest for the...
Five principal components are used to represent the climate variation in an original set of 12 composite climate variables reflecting complex precipitation and temperature...