Digital Coast

You are here

Impervious Surface Analysis Tool

NOAA Coastal Services Center

Requirements

Technical Specifications
  • ESRI ArcView 10.x
  • ESRI Spatial Analyst
Data Requirements
  • Raster-based land cover or land use grid
  • Polygon data set for which percentage of impervious surface is to be calculated
  • Set of land cover impervious surface coefficients, optionally calibrated for low, medium, and high population densities
  • Optional population density theme

Note: Tutorial and sample data are included when the tool is downloaded.