Description: The geospatial data product called the Cropland Data Layer (CDL) is hosted on CropScape (http://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape/). The CDL is a raster, geo-referenced, crop-specific land cover data layer created annually for the continental United States using moderate resolution satellite imagery and extensive agricultural ground truth.
Metadata: http://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/metadata/meta.php
Definition Expression: N/A
Copyright Text: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Cropland Data Layer. 2013. Published crop-specific data layer [Online]. Available at https://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape/ (accessed 5/1/2015; verified 5/1/2015). USDA-NASS, Washington, DC.