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Gridded Species Distribution, Version 1: Birds of the Americas Original Grids

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_SPECIES_BIRD_ORIG

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Summary

Abstract: The Original Grids of the Gridded Bird Species Distribution of the Americas are converted 1- kilometer grid cell data in the Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) that cover North America, South America and the Caribbean Islands. The input vector data were created by a consortium led by Natureserve. The grids are produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information ...

Purpose: To provide a gridded version of existing vector maps of bird species distribution at 1- kilometer that preserves the original coding (1=Extant, 2= Possibly present, 3=Probably extinct, 4=Extinct, 5=Extirpated purposely, 6=Occurs on indicated island chain, and 7=Subfossil/fossil).

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: GMAO

Dataset Title: MERRA MSU NOAA12 : Gridded Monthly Time-Mean Observation minus Forecast (omf) Values

Dataset Release Date: June 1, 2011

Dataset Release Place: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Version: 001

Data Presentation Form: Digital Science Data

Online Resource: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/MDISC/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1991-09-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 2/3 degrees
Longitude Resolution: 1/2 degrees
Vertical Resolution: 4 levels
Temporal Resolution: Monthly

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > BAROMETRIC ALTITUDE

LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND COVER

LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

MERRA TIME-MEAN OBSERVATION DATA > MERRA for Research and Applications Gridded Monthly Time-Mean Obs Dataset

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Ancillary Keywords

EOSDIS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA