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Multi-resolution Land Cover Characterization Consortium

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By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center June 13, 2024

The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium, established over 20 years ago, is a group representing multiple federal agencies who coordinate and generate consistent and relevant land cover information at the national scale for a wide variety of environmental, land management, and modeling applications. 

Go to the MRLC website

The creation of this consortium has resulted in the mapping of the lower 48 United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico into a comprehensive land cover product termed, the National Land Cover Database (NLCD), from multi-decadal Landsat satellite imagery and other supplementary datasets.

The MRLC creates and hosts land cover and land condition data from various sources, including NLCD and Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) time-series, Ecological Potential, and projections of future fractional rangeland components.

The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium, established over 20 years ago, is a group representing multiple federal agencies who coordinate and generate consistent and relevant land cover information at the national scale for a wide variety of environmental, land management, and modeling applications. 

Go to the MRLC website

The creation of this consortium has resulted in the mapping of the lower 48 United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico into a comprehensive land cover product termed, the National Land Cover Database (NLCD), from multi-decadal Landsat satellite imagery and other supplementary datasets.

The MRLC creates and hosts land cover and land condition data from various sources, including NLCD and Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) time-series, Ecological Potential, and projections of future fractional rangeland components.

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