Western Australia Woody Vegetation Change 2015-2016

Western Australia vegetation change products identify transitions in perennial woody cover between forest, sparse woody, and non-woody classifications for the 2015-2016 period. The dataset is produced by Landgate using 30-meter resolution Landsat imagery. Change classes include no change, non-woody to sparse, non-woody to forest, sparse to non-woody, forest to non-woody, and forest to sparse.

Use Cases

• Analyze forest to non-woody change class to quantify deforestation rates.
• Model transitions from non-woody to sparse woody classifications for land recovery studies.
• Map spatial patterns of the sparse to non-woody change class to monitor vegetation loss.
• Use the no change class as a stable baseline for validating other land cover models.

Strengths

• Annual production cycle ensures consistent monitoring.
• Based on 30-meter ground pixel Landsat imagery for standardized spatial resolution.
• Provides six distinct change classes for detailed transition analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row count, geographic extent, and sample size are unknown.
• Data is limited to the 2015-2016 timeframe without more recent annual updates.
• Relies on remote sensing classification which may contain inherent pixel-level errors.

Provenance

Source

Landgate

Collection Method

Derived from vegetation cover datasets based on Landsat imagery.

Time Range

2015-2016

Freshness

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Geography

Western Australia