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Land Use in Europe

Entry ID: EEA_LANDUSE

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Summary

Abstract: The Land Use Database for Europe is the total area excluding area under inland water bodies (major rivers and lakes). Agricultural Area is the sum of Arable land, Permanent crops and Permanent pastures. Arable Land is the land under temporary crops, temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 72.0

S: 36.0

E: 40.0

W: -12.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Food and Agriculture Organisation

Dataset Title: Land Use in Europe

Dataset Publisher: European Environment Agency

Version: 3.0

Online Resource: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data#c5=all&c11=&c17=&c0=5

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > AGRICULTURAL LANDS

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

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Ancillary Keywords

Land Use

Agriculture Area

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Quarternary GIS Laboratory, Institute of Arctic and Alpin Research, University of Colorado

Data Center URL: http://instaar.colorado.edu/QGISL/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WILLIAM F. MANLEY Email: William.Manley at colorado.edu Contact Address: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) 450 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0450 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online

Distribution Format: GIS

Fees: No fees

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

WILLIAM F. MANLEY

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: William.Manley at colorado.edu

Contact Address:

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)

450 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0450

Country: USA

DARRELL S. KAUFMAN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: Darrell.Kaufman at nau.edu

Contact Address:

Geology Department

North Arizona University

S. San Francisco Street

City: Flagstaff

Province or State: AZ

Postal Code: 86011

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2004-07-14

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-01-15

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