Website

http://www.mrlc.gov/ and http://coast.noaa.gov/dataregistry/search/collection/info/ccapregional

Region(s)

NE, NW, SE, SW

Summary

Coastal change analysis. Standardized database of land cover and land change information for the coastal regions of the U.S. Inventories of coastal inter-tidal areas, wetlands, and adjacent uplands.

Parameters

Landcover thematic class, percent impervious surface, percent tree canopy cover.

Notes

These products update all previously released versions of landcover and impervious products for CONUS (NLCD 2001, NLCD 2006, NLCD 2011) and are not directly comparable to previous products. A new High Resolution land cover mapping started in 2021, but as of Nov. 28, 2023 it is only available for the Tampa area: https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/ccaphighres.html .

Application

To contribute the “coastal expression” of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) and the A-16 land cover theme of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

Publications

Website

Start

1985

End

Current

Frequency

Periodic

Method

classified landsat imagery (30 m resolution), extensive field sampling (ground truthing), validation, standard quality-control review procedures, analysis of landsat data as individual dates or change detection across two dates

Discontinuity

Data Location

NOAA Coastal Services Center, http://coast.noaa.gov/dataregistry/search/dataset/29B19ED9-7564-4820-9947-937A40793204 or https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/landcover/search/

Data Format

IMG, GeoTIFF, GoogleEarth KMZ
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium

Habitats

Coastal Wetlands

SEACAR Citation

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (2016). Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP). Updated 05/07/2025. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/4034

Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes