New Land Disturbance Products for the Conterminous US

Land disturbances such as stress, wind, hydrology, debris, harvest, mechanical, and fire, occur on the Earth's surface with high temporal and spatial variability. It is a key component of ecological systems that affecting terrestrial ecosystem at a wide range of scales. The spatial and temporal patterns of land disturbances are changing rapidly. However, the majority of the efforts in remote sensing community is only focused on mapping land cover and land use change - the target of change, with very limit studies and products on land disturbance - the agent of change. Here, we will introduce new land disturbance products that include a variety of change agents and for all land areas for the Conterminous US (CONUS) based on dense Landsat Time Series (LST). The spatial and temporal patterns of CONUS land disturbance are also illustrated and analyzed based on this new land disturbance product.