North Coast and Cascades Network Landscape Change Monitoring Barren Land and Water Masks
Antonova N . 2026. North Coast and Cascades Network Landscape Change Monitoring Barren Land and Water Masks. National Park Service. North Coast and Cascades Inventory and Monitoring Network https://doi.org/10.57830/2317418
North Coast and Cascades Inventory and Monitoring Network (NCCN) has developed a baren land and water mask for Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades National Parks and surrounding areas as part of the NCCN Landscape Change Monitoring Protocol (https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2097545). This protocol uses satellite imagery, LandTrendr algorithms, and machine learning to detect, map, and label annual landscape disturbances—such as avalanches, landslides, riparian changes, fires, and insect and disease outbreaks—across Pacific Northwest national parks and adjacent lands. The mask identifies areas with minimal or no vegetation cover, where spectral changes detected by LandTrendr are typically driven by annual differences in snow or cloud cover, water-surface reflectance, shading, or seasonal variations in herbaceous or shrub phenology.
- Type
- Geospatial Dataset
- Authors
- Antonova, Natasha
- Date of Issue
- 2026-03-13
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.57830/2317418
- Units
- MORA , NOCA , OLYM
- Keywords
- barren land, disturbance, high elevation, landscape change, mask, Mount Rainier National Park, North Cascades National Park, North Coast and Cascades Network, Olympic National Park, vegetation, water
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Landscape Dynamics | Land Cover and Use , NPS.gov Subject Site: GIS, Cartography & Mapping , NPS.gov Subject Site: Mountains , NPS.gov Subject Site: Science
- License
- Public Domain
See also
- NCCN landscape change monitoring polygons in and around Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks for 1987-2017
- Landscape disturbance status and trend analysis report for the North Coast and Cascades Inventory and Monitoring Network, 1987–2017
- Protocol for Landsat-based monitoring of landscape change in North Coast and Cascades Network parks: Version 2.1
- Areas of Analysis (AOAs) Processing - Alternate Boundaries (Fall 2021)