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Classification Schemes • Have Labels and Rules

• Are Exhaustive

• Are Mutually Exclusive

• Are Hierarchical

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Classification Schemes

• Labels Names given to groups in the scheme.

• Rules Specific instructions for assigning an item to a group

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Classification Schemes Are:

Exhaustive: There is a class for every item being examined.

Mutually Exclusive: Any item fits into one and only one class.

Hierarchical: The scheme is “layered,” with each layer being more specific than the previous one.[An outline is hierarchical.]

• Natural Land Cover (classes 0 - 7)– 7 types of biomes (classes 0 - 6)– open water (class 7)

• Developed Land Cover (classes 8 & 9)

The MUC System Structure

• Class 0 Closed Forests

• Class 2 Shrublands

• Class 4 Herbaceous VegetationGrasslands (Classes 41, 42, & 43) Forbs (Class 44)

• Class 5 Barren Land

• Class 1 Woodlands

• Class 3 Dwarf Shrublands

• Class 6 Wetlands

The MUC System Structure Natural Biomes