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GLOBAL VEGETATION TYPES, 1971-1982 (MATTHEWS)

Entry ID: VEG1X1

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Summary

Abstract: The global vegetation type data of 1 x 1 degree latitude and longitude resolution were designed for use in studies of climate and climate change. Vegetation data were compiled in digital form from approximately 100 published sources. The raw data base distinguished about 180 vegetation types that have been collapsed to 32. The vegetation data were encoded using the UNESCO classification system. ...

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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: MATTHEWS, E.

Dataset Title: GLOBAL VEGETATION TYPES, 1971-1982 (MATTHEWS)

Dataset Release Date: 1999

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/419

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=419&term2attribut...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1971-01-01

Stop Date: 1982-01-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES > EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE/INTENSITY

SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > VOLCANIC ACTIVITY > ERUPTION DYNAMICS

SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRAIN

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Instrument

SEISMOGRAPHS

Seismometers

Ancillary Keywords

Geophysical

King Sejong Station

Data Center

Korea Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea

Data Center URL: http://www.kopri.re.kr/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JAE LIM KIM Phone: +82-260-6083 Fax: +82-260-6088 Email: kabuli at kopri.re.kr Contact Address: Songdo Techno Park, 7-50, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu City: Incheon Postal Code: 406-840 Country: Korea

Personnel

YONGCHEOL PARK

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +82-260-6046

Email: ypark at kopri.re.kr

Contact Address:

Songdo Techno Park, 7-50, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu

City: Incheon

Postal Code: 406-840

Country: Korea

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-01-04

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-06-29

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