Identifying Environmental Risk Factors and Mapping the Distribution of West Nile Virus in an Endemic Region of North America
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000161 <-- shared paper
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[an older paper (2018) but a good one, including showing the versatility & usefulness of #FedScience spatial datasets]
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USGS Announces Next Generation Of Land Cover (NLCD) And Change Products
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https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/lcmap/news/usgs-announces-next-generation-land-cover-and-change-products <-- shared link to USGS details
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“Exciting news for NLCD users! [The USGS EROS] are working hard to bring you a major update: Annual NLCD. Coming this fall, annual land cover products will be released for the conterminous United States from 1985 to 2023. This game-changing resource will open up countless possibilities for change assessments and provide new insights into environmental monitoring, resource management, and urban planning…”
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