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The Miombo (Africa) Network Land Use/Land Cover CD-ROM from the International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP)

Entry ID: IGBP_MIOMBO

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Summary

Abstract: The Miombo Woodlands system is taken to include all those Southern and
Central African ecosystems which occur under a hot, subhumid,
seasonally-wet climate on soils derived from acid crystalline
geologies. The components of this system include woodlands on
well-drained soils, and hydromorphic grasslands (called dambos) in
drainage lines. ...

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: LUCC Project Home Page; Miombo CD-ROM information

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Miombo introduction

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 15.0

S: -33.0

E: 49.0

W: -15.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Desanker, P.V., J.-I. Auge, P.G.H. Frost, J. Maso, and X. Pons

Dataset Title: Miombo Network CD-ROM

Dataset Series Name: Miombo Network CD-ROM

Dataset Release Date: 1998

Dataset Release Place: Spain and Virginia, USA

Dataset Publisher: IGBP LUCC and Miombo Network

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1901-01-01

Stop Date: 1995-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL EXTINCTION

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

C-130 > Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Instrument

CNC > Condensation Nuclei Counter

DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

SAFARI 2000 > The Southern African Regional Science Initiative Project

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Ancillary Keywords

CLOUDS

EOSDIS

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: 720

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