gov.noaa.nodc:0121254 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-04-06T17:39:38Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) land cover change data for the Continental and Coastal United States and Hawaii from 1975 to 2021 (NCEI Accession 0121254) 2014-08-27 publication 2025-05-21 revision 2014-08-13 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/bnbm-ev80 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0121254 NCEI Archive Management System 0121254 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Erik Hund US DOC/NOAA/NOS/Coastal Services Center (CSC) Erik.Hund@noaa.gov resourceProvider NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) https://coast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Herold, Nate NOAA Office for Coastal Management https://coast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website Institution web page information author Erik Hund NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) Erik.Hund@noaa.gov https://coast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website Institution web page information pointOfContact NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) https://coast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital The NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) produces national standardized land cover and change products for the coastal regions of the U.S. C-CAP products inventory coastal intertidal areas, wetlands, and adjacent uplands with the goal of monitoring changes in these habitats, on a one-to-five year repeat cycle. C-CAP data exists nationwide for the coastal regions of the lower 48 states for 1996, 2001, 2006, 2010 and 2016, 2021 and in selected locations for 1975, 1985 and 1992. These maps are developed utilizing Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery, and can be used to track changes in the landscape through time. This trend information gives important feedback to managers on the success or failure of management policies and programs and aid in developing a scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural and human-induced changes. This understanding allows for the prediction of impacts due to these changes and the assessment of their cumulative effects, helping coastal resource managers make more informed regional decisions. NOAA C-CAP is a contributing member to the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics consortium and C-CAP products are included as the coastal expression of land cover within the National Land Cover Database. C-CAP is dedicated to the development, distribution, and application of land cover and change data for the coastal regions of the U.S. This effort is being conducted in close coordination with state coastal management agencies, the interagency Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) consortium, and the National Land Cover Database (NLCD). completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 0121254 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0121254 Preview graphic PNG 0121254 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2025-05-20 publication LAND COVER - CHANGE ANALYSIS REMOTE SENSING REFLECTANCE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS camera radiometer instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS GIS product model output theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Landsat 5 Landsat 7 platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Office for Coastal Management dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Office for Coastal Management dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Chesapeake Bay Coastal Waters of California Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters of Hawaii Coastal Waters of Mississippi Coastal Waters of Texas Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon Coastal Waters of Western U.S. East Coast - US/Canada Gulf of Maine Gulf of Mexico North American Coastline-North North American Coastline-South North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Coastal Change Analysis Program project Originator Project Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Human Dimensions > Environmental Governance/Management > Land Management > Land Use/Land Cover Classification EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE CLASSES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > REFLECTANCE Earth Science > Land Surface > Land Use/Land Cover > Land Use/Land Cover Classification theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Background Bare Land Cultivated Land Deciduous Forest Developed Open Space Estuarine Aquatic Bed Estuarine Emergent Wetland Estuarine Forested Wetland Estuarine Scrub/Shrub Wetland Evergreen Forest Grassland High Intensity Developed Low Intensity Developed Medium Intensity Developed Mixed Forest Open Water Palustrine Aquatic Bed Palustrine Emergent Wetland Palustrine Forested Wetland Palustrine Scrub/Shrub Wetland Pasture/Hay Scrub/Shrub Snow/Ice Tundra Unclassified (Cloud, Shadow, etc) Unconsolidated Shore theme National Land Cover Database Classification System CCAP Land Cover Analysis Remotely Sensed Imagery/Photos theme Originator Keywords CAMERA > CAMERA RADIOMETERS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Earth Observation Satellites > LANDSAT platform Originator Platform Keywords Continent > North America > United States Of America Continent > North America > United States Of America > Alabama Continent > North America > United States Of America > California Continent > North America > United States Of America > Connecticut Continent > North America > United States Of America > Delaware Continent > North America > United States Of America > District Of Columbia Continent > North America > United States Of America > Florida Continent > North America > United States Of America > Georgia Continent > North America > United States Of America > Illinois Continent > North America > United States Of America > Indiana Continent > North America > United States Of America > Louisiana Continent > North America > United States Of America > Maine Continent > North America > United States Of America > Maryland Continent > North America > United States Of America > Massachusetts Continent > North America > United States Of America > Michigan Continent > North America > United States Of America > Minnesota Continent > North America > United States Of America > Mississippi Continent > North America > United States Of America > New Hampshire Continent > North America > United States Of America > New Jersey Continent > North America > United States Of America > New York Continent > North America > United States Of America > North Carolina Continent > North America > United States Of America > Ohio Continent > North America > United States Of America > Oregon Continent > North America > United States Of America > Pennsylvania Continent > North America > United States Of America > Rhode Island Continent > North America > United States Of America > South Carolina Continent > North America > United States Of America > Texas Continent > North America > United States Of America > Vermont Continent > North America > United States Of America > Virginia Continent > North America > United States Of America > Washington Continent > North America > United States Of America > Wisconsin OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Alabama California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Texas U.S. U.S. Coastal Zone Vermont Virginia Washington Wisconsin place Originator Place Names BDFHKY Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Herold, Nate (2014). NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) land cover change data for the Continental and Coastal United States and Hawaii from 1975 to 2021 (NCEI Accession 0121254). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/bnbm-ev80. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable, NOAA, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. otherRestrictions Recommended Citation. NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Regional Land Cover Database. Data collected 1975-present. Charleston, SC: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management. Data accessed at www.coast.noaa.gov/landcover. Dobson, J. E.; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service. 1995. NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) : guidance for regional implementation. NOAA technical report NMFS 123. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/6204 1995 publication noaa:6204 https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/6204 HTTPS https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/6204 NOAA Technical Report NMFS 123 information United States, National Marine Fisheries Service author Dobson, J. E. author documentDigital NOAA technical report NMFS 123 crossReference project NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Regional Land Cover Database 2022-06-06 publication https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/ccapregional.html HTTPS C-CAP Regional Land Cover Data collected 1995-present search US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Office for Coastal Management OCM https://coast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website Institution web page information author NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) https://coast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website Institution web page information publisher documentDigital crossReference project eng; USA utf8 environment oceans imageryBaseMapsEarthCover -161.383 -66 18.45 50.05 1975-01-01 2021-12-31 In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. Attributes for this product are as follows: 0 Background, 1 Unclassified (Cloud, Shadow, etc), 2 High Intensity Developed, 3 Medium Intensity Developed, 4 Low Intensity Developed, 5 Developed Open Space, 6 Cultivated Land, 7 Pasture/Hay, 8 Grassland, 9 Deciduous Forest, 10 Evergreen Forest, 11 Mixed Forest, 12 Scrub/Shrub, 13 Palustrine Forested Wetland, 14 Palustrine Scrub/Shrub Wetland, 15 Palustrine Emergent Wetland, 16 Estuarine Forested Wetland, 17 Estuarine Scrub/Shrub Wetland, 18 Estuarine Emergent Wetland, 19 Unconsolidated Shore, 20 Bare Land, 21 Open Water, 22 Palustrine Aquatic Bed, 23 Estuarine Aquatic Bed, 24 Tundra, 25 Snow/Ice NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian camera camera An instrument for recording images. radiometer radiometer radiometer Landsat 5 Name: Landsat 5 Country: USA Platform Class: 65-Orbiting satellite Synonyms: Commissioned Date: 1984-03-01 Decommissioned Date: 2013-06-05 Notes: On March 1, 1984, NASA launched Landsat 5, the agency’s last originally mandated Landsat satellite. Landsat 5 was designed and built at the same time as Landsat 4 and carried the same payload: the Multispectral Scanner System (MSS) and the Thematic Mapper (TM) instruments. In 1987, the Landsat 5 TDRSS transmitter (Ku-band) failed. This failure made downlinking data acquired outside of the U.S. data acquisition circle (i.e., range of U.S. ground receiving antennas) impossible; Landsat 5 has no on-board data recorder to record acquired data for later downlink. The MSS instrument was turned off in August of 1995. In November 2011, the TM instrument stopped acquiring images due to a rapidly degrading electronic component. A few months later, engineers turned the MSS instrument back on, and implemented new capabilities to ingest the raw instrument data at the ground station. Info Source: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?p=3180 http://landsat.usgs.gov/about_landsat5.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_5 http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?p=3229 Landsat 7 Name: Landsat 7 Country: USA Platform Class: 65-Orbiting satellite Synonyms: Commissioned Date: 1999-03-15 Notes: The government-owned Landsat 7 was successfully launched on April 15, 1999, from the Western Test Range of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on a Delta-II expendable launch vehicle. The Earth observing instrument on Landsat 7, the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), replicates the capabilities of the highly successful Thematic Mapper instruments on Landsats 4 and 5. http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?p=3184