Table 3 Output dataset file descriptions.

From: The changing face of floodplains in the Mississippi River Basin detected by a 60-year land use change dataset

Folder Name: Output Data

ID

Subfolder/File Name

File Type

Content Description

Output Figure/Table

5

ChangeMap

GIS raster*

A map showing the changes in MRB floodplain land use between 1941 and 2000; “change” is defined as the non-uniqueness of individual land use grid-cells

• Grid value 1 indicates “no change” and 2 indicates “change”

Fig. 1a

6

ClassTransitionMaps

GIS raster*; shapefile

A map showing major land use class-transitions in MRB floodplains between 1941 and 2000

• Five irreversible transitions (e.g., wetland → agriculture) that would negatively impact floodplain ecohydrology and resilience

Also includes boundary polygons for six objectively chosen domains to facilitate focused assessments

Fig. 1b

7

ClassTransition_ LatLong

MS Excel

Total area (km2) for each of the five irreversible transitions mentioned in item #6

• Separate calculations along the latitudinal and longitudinal directions at every 250-m spacing

Fig. 1c

8

ClassTransitionMatrix

MS Excel

Inter-class transitions (km2) across all seven generic land use classes between 1941 and 2000; based on the schematic presented in Table 1

Supplementary Table 1; Fig. 1d; Fig. 4

9

Timeseries

MS Excel

Timeseries of total area (km2) for each of the seven generic land use classes

• 60-year timeseries with corresponding values for every year from 1941 to 2000

• Seven datasets: the entire MRB floodplains and the six domains mentioned in item #6

Fig. 2; Supplementary Fig. 1

10

ValidationMaps

MS Excel; GIS Shapefile

Measures of fit comparing the input and reference floodplain extents (Table 2 ‒ items #1 and 4 respectively) across the MRB

• An Excel file showing 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUC) and corresponding TP and CSI values

• HUC-8 boundary polygon shapefile

Fig. 5b,c

GIS raster*

Validation maps showing the spatial consistency between input and reference land use datasets (Table 2 ‒ items #2 and 3 respectively)

• 12 validation domains

• Maps correspond to different years between 1992 and 2000

• File nomenclature: x_y_z; x = USGS (input) or Remotely sensed (reference) land use, y = US state where the validation domain is located; z = year

Fig. 6; Supplementary Figs. 2–4

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ValidationResults

MS Excel

Total area (km2) for different land use classes at each of the 12 validation domains, calculated separately from the two contrasting land use datasets (item #10)

• Includes calculation of correlations (R2) between two land use datasets

  1. Note: All GIS raster and shapefile datasets are in the Albers Equal Area Conic projected coordinate system. *The raster datasets are in GeoTIFF format at 250-m spatial resolution (except Table 2 item# 4).
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