Reconciling field size distributions of the US NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) cropland data
A novel methodology to match NASS cropland data with actual field size distributions. Automated GIS procedures to process cropland data from county to national scale. Final reconciled data matches actual crop-specific field size distributions. The resulting cropland dataset is more suitable for spatial simulation and analysis. The methodology has broad applicability to other digitized land cover data.
field size distribution cropland data layer pixel merging fishnet subdivision distribution optimization geographic information system