U.S. annual cultivated extent and maps of cropland expansion and cropland abandonment

<p>This repository will eventually contain the data layers of several connected products related to U.S. cropland extent and dynamics, including:</p> <p><br> A set of 30-m resolution maps of <strong>annual cultivated extent </strong>for the conterminous US (CONUS) for the years 1986-2018</p> <p>A 30-m resolution nationwide map of <strong>abandoned croplands </strong>in the U.S., as described by Xie et al. (in review).</p> <p>A 30-m resolution nationwide map of <strong>stable croplands</strong>&nbsp;in the U.S., as described by Uludere-Aragon et al. (in review).</p> <p>A 30-m resolution nationwide map of <strong>cropland expansion</strong> in the U.S. for the period 1986-2018 (in prep).&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>These data were also utilized in related publications, including:</p> <p>Xie and Lark (2021). Mapping annual irrigation from Landsat imagery and environmental variables across the conterminous United States.&nbsp; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112445</p> <p>Xie et al. (2021).&nbsp; Landsat-based Irrigation Dataset (LANID): 30&thinsp;m resolution maps of irrigation distribution, frequency, and change for the US, 1997&ndash;2017.&nbsp;&nbsp;https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5689-2021</p> <p>O&#39;neil et al. (in prep)&nbsp; Effect of marginal land definitions on biofuel supply chain optimization outcomes.</p>