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USGS FCT Cameroon
Entry ID:
USGS_FCT_Cameroon
Summary
Abstract:
The Forest Carbon Tracking Task (GEO FCT) has been established to support countries wanting to establish national forest-change, carbon estimation and reporting systems. It will facilitate access to long-term satellite, airborne and in situ data, provide the associated analysis and prediction tools, and create the appropriate framework and technical standards for a global network of national forest carbon tracking systems. The task follows the guidelines set out by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Its outputs will be available to support interested countries in their efforts to implement the Convention. The task is being carried out by a partnership of GEO member governments, key UN bodies, space agencies, the science community and the private sector.
Purpose: The GEO Forest Carbon Tracking Task seeks to: 1) Define a set of standards, methods and requirements that future spatially explicit National Forest Monitoring and Carbon Accounting Systems could adopt, to provide the most accurate results relying on the full potential of existing observational and processing capabilities. 2) Coordinate the use of data from current and planned Earth ... 
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Geographic Coverage
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1985-12-01
Stop Date:
1987-12-31
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Quality
The two image maps with the dataset should not be used as navigational maps.
They provide an indication only as to where the field sites are.
Access Constraints
Data are available for download via the url given below. Presently a summary of the data are available in the Lakes Database (the url is below). A hard copy of the data are available in the publication referenced below.
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Must be cited properly. Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
HTTP
Distribution Size:
392 KB
Distribution Format:
zip
Personnel
Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email:
harry.burton at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City:
Kingston
Province or State:
Tasmania
Postal Code:
7050
Country:
Australia
Publications/References
Gibson, J.A.E., Ferris, J.M., van den Hoff, J., Burton, H.R. (1989) Temperature profiles of saline lakes of the Vestfold Hills. ANARE Research Notes 67.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
1999-10-07
Last DIF Revision Date:
2008-04-10
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