RCMAP EAG - 30m - Weekly¶
Example Total Herbaceous Cover Anomaly Map
Description¶
The RCMAP Weekly Herbaceous and Exotic Annual Grass (EAG) dataset provides 30-meter estimates of percent cover for eight herbaceous and grass components across western North America. Weekly products are available from 2016 to present and include total herbaceous, green herbaceous, senesced herbaceous, combined EAG, cheatgrass, medusahead, field brome, and Sandberg's bluegrass cover. The finer temporal resolution supports land-management decisions related to invasive grasses, fire, grazing, and treatment effectiveness.
Climate Engine details¶
- Dataset type
- Remote Sensing
- Climate Engine ID
- RCMAP_EAG
- Documentation
- No link provided
Dataset details¶
- Scale
- 30m
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Coverage
- Western US
- Start year
- 2016
- End year
- Present
Earth Engine collection details¶
- Earth Engine asset
- projects/sat-io/open-datasets/USGS/RCMAP/EAG/TIME_SERIES/COVER
- Earth Engine asset URL
- https://gee-community-catalog.org/projects/rcmap-eag/
- Earth Engine source catalog
- Awesome GEE Community Catalog
Variables¶
API variable docs: #rcmap-exotic-annual-grasses-rcmap-eag
| Name | Units |
|---|---|
| Cheatgrass Cover | % |
| Exotic Annual Grass Cover | % |
| Field Brome Cover | % |
| Green Herbaceous Cover | % |
| Medusahead Cover | % |
| Sandberg's Bluegrass Cover | % |
| Senesced Herbaceous Cover | % |
| Total Herbaceous Cover | % |
References¶
- Rigge, M., Postma, K., Dahal, D., Dornbierer, J., Megard, L., Benedict, T., and Bunde, B., 2026, Weekly Herbaceous and Exotic Annual Grass (EAG) Cover for western North America 2016 - 2026: U.S. Geological Survey database, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13QWBFH.
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