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LakeCat

Metadata Updated: June 12, 2022

The LakeCat Dataset provides summaries of watershed features for 378,088 lakes within the conterminous USA and provides several hundred watershed-level metrics that summarize both natural (e.g., soils, geology, climate, and land cover) and anthropogenic (e.g., urbanization, agriculture, and mines) features.

This dataset is associated with the following publication: Hill, R., M. Weber, R. Debbout, S. Leibowitz, and T. Olsen. The Lake-Catchment (LakeCat) Dataset: Characterizing landscape features for lake basins within the conterminous USA. Freshwater Science. The Society for Freshwater Science, Springfield, IL, 37: 208-221, (2018).

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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References

https://doi.org/10.1086/697966

Dates

Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 12, 2022

Metadata Source

Harvested from EPA ScienceHub

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 12, 2022
Publisher U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
Maintainer
Identifier https://doi.org/10.23719/1500884
Data Last Modified 2017-07-11
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 020:00
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Data Dictionary https://gaftp.epa.gov/EPADataCommons/ORD/NHDPlusLandscapeAttributes/LakeCat/Documentation/DataDictionary.html
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Harvest Source Id 04b59eaf-ae53-4066-93db-80f2ed0df446
Harvest Source Title EPA ScienceHub
License https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html
Program Code 020:096
Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)
Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1086/697966
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash e247ef5756fd0c6c080fbab464f1950f085bd749
Source Schema Version 1.1

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