Description: NMRipMap is based on the 2020four-band NAIP ortho-photography at 1-m resolution (USDA 2020) in combination with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) where available. LiDAR provides the capacity to define vegetation structure directly (vegetation height and cover). Where possible, we used leaf-on and leaf-off imagery along with coarser resolution from Planet imagery (Planet Team 2017) to discern evergreen from deciduous trees and shrubs. We also compiled ancillary environmental datasets such as soils, geology, landform, and topography to aid the modeling of environmental envelops of vegetation types to further constrain their distribution (e.g., elevation and geographic limits).
Copyright Text: Muldavin, E., E. Milford, J. Leonard, J. Triepke, L. Elliot, P. Hanberry, D. Diamond, J. Smith, C. Reasner, Y. Chauvin, and A. Urbanovsky. 2020. New Mexico Riparian Habitat map NMRipMap. New Mexico Natural Heritage at the University of New Mexico, US Forest Service Region 3, Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership (MoRAP) at the University of Missouri, and Geospatial Technology and Applications Center (GTAC) of the US Forest Service, Salt Lake City, UT. Accessible at nhnm.unm.edu/riparian/nmripmap.