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LBA-ECO LC-03 SAR IMAGES, LAND COVER, AND BIOMASS, FOUR AREAS ACROSS BRAZILIAN AMAZON

Entry ID: LC03_SAR_LC_BIOMASS

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Summary

Abstract: This data set provides three related land cover products for four study areas across the Brazilian Amazon: Manaus, Amazonas; Tapajos National Forest, Para Western (Santarem); Rio Branco, Acre; and Rondonia, Rondonia. Products include (1) orthorectified JERS-1 and RadarSat images, (2) land cover classifications derived from the SAR data, and (3) biomass estimates in tons per hectare based on the ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -2.0

S: -10.5

E: -54.5

W: -68.5

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: PIERCE, L.E.DOBSON, M.C.

Dataset Title: LBA-ECO LC-03 SAR IMAGES, LAND COVER, AND BIOMASS, FOUR AREAS ACROSS BRAZILIAN AMAZON

Dataset Release Date: 2012

Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Presentation Form: Online Files

Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1093

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=1093&term2attribu...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1974-01-01

Stop Date: 1998-06-18

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > BRAZIL

CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > AMAZONIA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS

LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND COVER

LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE CLASSES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

PLANNING CADASTRE

Platform

RADARSAT-1

JERS-1 > Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1

Instrument

SAR > Synthetic Aperture Radar

DIGITIZER

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

LBA > Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia

Ancillary Keywords

AMAZON

IMAGES

BIOMASS

LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 1093

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA

Personnel

L. E. PIERCE

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (865) 574-7447

Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov

Contact Address:

ORNL DAAC User Services Office

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

City: Oak Ridge

Province or State: TN

Postal Code: 37831-6407

Country: USA

Publications/References

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) (2005-12), Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-land-geographic-un...

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) (2005-12), Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Administrative Boundaries, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-national-admin-bou...

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) (2005-12), Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Identifier Grid, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-national-identifie...

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) (2005-12), Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid, Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Columbia University, Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-population-count

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) (2005-12), Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid, Future Estimates, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-population-count-f...

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) (2005-12), Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-population-density

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) (2005-12), Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid, Future Estimates, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-population-density...

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) (2005-12), Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Subnational Administrative Boundaries, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), Palisades, NY, http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-subnational-admin-...

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-05-11

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-28

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