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  • LAGOS-US LOCUS Version 1.0
  • Smith, Nicole J; Michigan State University
    Webster, Katherine E; Michigan State University
    Rodriguez, Lauren K; Michigan State University
    Cheruvelil, Kendra S; Michigan State University
    Soranno, Patricia A; Michigan State University
  • 2020-11-20
  • Smith, N.J., K.E. Webster, L.K. Rodriguez, K.S. Cheruvelil, and P.A. Soranno. 2020. LAGOS-US LOCUS Version 1.0 ver 2. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-28).

  • This data package, LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0, is one of the core data modules of the LAGOS-US platform that provides an extensible research-ready platform to study the 479,950 lakes and reservoirs larger than or equal to 1 ha in the conterminous US (48 states plus the District of Columbia). This data module contains information on the location, identifiers, and physical characteristics of lakes and their watersheds. The characteristics in this module include: variables that can be obtained from GIS data such as location and geometry; variables that can be derived using GIS processing such as lake watersheds and their geometry, lake glaciation history, and lake connectivity; and commonly used identifiers from GIS and other data products useful for linking with LAGOS-US. LOCUS is based on a snapshot of the high-resolution National Hydrography Dataset product available at the initiation of the project that provided the basis for locating, identifying, and characterizing the geometry of all lakes in LAGOS -US. The database design that supports the LAGOS-US research platform was created based on several important design features: lakes are the fundamental unit of consideration, all lakes in the spatial extent must be represented (above the minimum size), and most information is connected to individual lakes. The design is modular, interoperable (the modules can be used with each other), and extensible (future database modules can be developed and used in the LAGOS - US research platform by others). Users are encouraged to use the other two core data modules that are part of the LAGOS- US platform: GEO (which includes geospatial ecological context at multiple spatial and temporal scales for lakes and their watersheds) and LIMNO (in situ lake surface-waterphysical, chemical, and biological measurements through time) that are each found in their own data packages

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