Naming Conventions

Name Meaning Source
grdn41w106_13 Digital Elevation Model USGS
Hillshade Hillshade created from the digital elevation model USGS
Town_boundary_NAD83 This is the town of study area which was drawn based on the general area where the driving transects are located Ketz
Study_area_NAD83 The combined town study area with Rocky Mountain National Park boundary NPS, Ketz
cities_NAD83 Official city boundaries within colorado CDOT
highways_NAD83 Highways in Larimer County CDOT
lakes_NAD83 Lakes in Larimer County CDOT
major_roads_NAD83 Major Roads (not highways) in Larimer County CDOT
streams_NAD83 Streams in Larimer County CDOT
ROMO_boundary_NAD83 Boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park NPS
roads Local roads in Larimer County CDOT
NLCD2001_LC_N39W105.tif Original raster dataset of the National Land Cover Database for the year 2001 USGS
NLCD2001_cliptransect The National Landcover Database clipped to the buffered driving transects USGS
Density2001km The kernal density as estimated from the buffered transects along with the elk count data from the NPS NPS
NEWElkRoutesALL Driving transects (official) of all transects combined NPS
transects_2001 Driving transects we created prior to receiving the official transect routes from NPS Wilkins/Ketz
Exclosures2008to2012_NAD1983 Fenced areas were established in Rocky Mountain National Park to prevent elk browsing; This is a shapefile from the park service NPS
2001_nlcd_buf.img National Landcover Database clipped to the 500m buffered transects USGS
NLCD2001_clipstudyarea.img National Landcover Database clipped to the full study area including the park and the town of Estes Park USGS
transects_2001_buf Driving transects from 2001, buffered to 500 (m) assuming that is the approximate visibility from the road for observers to see elk NPS
YMCA Driving transect near the YMCA in Estes Park NPS
Moraine Park Driving transect near Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park NPS
Meadowdale Driving transect near the Meadowdale Valley in Estes Park NPS
Marys Lake Driving transect near Mary's Lake in Estes park  NPS
Hospital Driving transect near the Hospital in Estes Park NPS
Horseshoe Driving transect near the Horseshoe Park in Rocky Mountain National Park NPS
Fish Creek Driving transect near Fish Creek in Estes Park NPS
Fall River Driving transect near Fall River Road in Estes Park NPS
Devils Gulch Driving transect near Devils Gulch Road  ln Estes Park NPS
Beaver Meadows Driving transect near Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park NPS
nlcd2001-clip-reclass Reclassified NLCD database to either development or not development by 30 meter cell sizes, clipped to the buffered transects NLCD
nlcd_2001_beavormeadows NLCD clipped to the Beaver Meadows buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2001_devilsgulch NLCD clipped to the Devils Gulch buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2001_fallriver NLCD clipped to the Fall River buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2001_fishcreek NLCD clipped to the Fish Creek buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2001_horseshoe NLCD clipped to the Horseshoe Park buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2001_hospital NLCD clipped to the Hospital buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2001_maryslake NLCD clipped to the Mary's Lake buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2001_meadowdale NLCD clipped to the Meadowdale Valley buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2001_morainepark NLCD clipped to the Moraine Park buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2001_YMCA NLCD clipped to the YMCA buffered transect for 2001 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_beavormeadows NLCD clipped to the Beaver Meadows buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_devilsgulch NLCD clipped to the Devils Gulch buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_fallriver NLCD clipped to the Fall River buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_fishcreek NLCD clipped to the Fish Creek buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_horseshoe NLCD clipped to the Horseshoe Park buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_hospital NLCD clipped to the Hospital buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_maryslake NLCD clipped to the Mary's Lake buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_meadowdale NLCD clipped to the Meadowdale Valley buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_morainepark NLCD clipped to the Moraine Park buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
nlcd_2006_YMCA NLCD clipped to the YMCA buffered transect for 2006 data NLCD
transects_2006 Transects combined from the digitized maps that we made  Wilkins/Ketz
nlcd2006CLIP-reclassupdate2 The NLCD data clipped to the buffered transects, and reclassisfied into developed (1) or not developed(2) for 2006 USGS
2006_nlcd_buf.img The NLCD data clipped to the buffered transects for 2006 USGS
Density2006km The kernal density of elk calculated from the buffered transects and the elk count data for 2006 NPS
NLCD2006clip The National Landcover Database clipped to the Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park combined study area for 2006 USGS
NLCD2006_LC_N39W105.tif The National Landcover Database for 2006, original data USGS
nlcd_2011_beavormeadows NLCD clipped to the Beaver Meadows buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
nlcd_2011_devilsgulch NLCD clipped to the Devils Gulch buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
nlcd_2011_fallriver NLCD clipped to the Fall River buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
nlcd_2011_fishcreek NLCD clipped to the Fish Creek buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
nlcd_2011_horseshoe NLCD clipped to the Horseshoe Park buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
nlcd_2011_hospital NLCD clipped to the Hospital buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
nlcd_2011_maryslake NLCD clipped to the Mary's Lake buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
nlcd_2011_meadowdale NLCD clipped to the Meadowdale Valley buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
nlcd_2011_morainepark NLCD clipped to the Moraine Park buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
nlcd_2011_YMCA NLCD clipped to the YMCA buffered transect for 2011 data USGS
transects_2011_buf The driving transects buffered 500 meters, accounting for visibility of elk off the road by observers NPS
nlcd_2011_developed The development from the National Land Cover Database combined with the exclosures NPS,USGS
nlcd_2011_transect_buf The development from the National Land Cover Database clipped to the transects buffered for 2011 data NPS,USGS
nlcd_2011_all.tif The development from the National Land Cover Database combined with the exclosures clipped to the transects buffered for 2011 data NPS,USGS
nlcd_2011_exclose The development from the National Land Cover Database combined with the exclosures for 2011 data NPS,USGS
Exclosures2008to2012_NAD1983 Shapefile for the elk exclosures only for those installed from 2008 to 2012 NPS
transects_2011 Transects combined from the digitized maps that we made  Wilkins/Ketz
NEWElkRoutesALL Driving transects (official) of all transects combined NPS
Density2011km The kernal density of elk calculated from the buffered transects and the elk count data for 2011 NPS
NLCD2011_LC_N39W105.tif The National Landcover Database for the 2011, original data download USGS


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