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USGS Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Data

Entry ID: 1_250_LULC

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Summary

Abstract: The National Mapping Program, a component of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), produces and distributes land use and land cover maps and digitized data for the conterminous U.S. and Hawaii. Land use refers to the human activities that are directly related to the land. The interpretations are based on a land use and land cover system developed for use with remotely sensed data. The ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 48.0

S: 25.0

E: -67.0

W: -125.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: U.S. Geological Survey

Dataset Title: USGS Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Data

Dataset Release Date: 1994

Dataset Release Place: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Dataset Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Data Presentation Form: Map

Online Resource: http://eros.usgs.gov/#/Find_Data/Products_and_Data_Available/Land_C...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1981-04-28

Stop Date: 1992-03-04

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CONTERMINOUS U.S.

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > HAWAII

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > AGRICULTURAL LANDS

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ALPINE/TUNDRA

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Instrument

CO2 ANALYZERS

CO2NDIR > Carbon Dioxide Nondispersive Infrared Analyzer

NDIR GAS ANALYZER > Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer

Quality Hourly data (expressed in mole fraction and or ppmv) are selected by using
criteria based on stability of the measurements and on wind.

Use Constraints Same applied by PNRA (Research activity supported by the National Program of
Antarctic Research)

Ancillary Keywords

(PACS) Global change

(PACS) Atmosphere

(PACS) Climatology

Data Set Progress

PLANNED

Data Center

Centro de Datos Antarticos, Argentina

Data Center URL: http://www.dna.gov.ar/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JORGE AMADEO ARAUJO Phone: 54-11-4813-1437 Fax: 54-11-4812-2039 Fax: 54-11-4813-1437 Email: atmosfera at dna.gov.ar Contact Address: Departamento Alta Atmosfera Direccion Nacional del Antartico Instituto Antartico Argentino Cerrito 1248 City: Capital Federal Postal Code: C1010AAZ Country: Argentina

Distribution

Distribution Media: floppy-disk, CD

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: free

Publications/References

L. Ciattaglia, T. Colombo K.A. Masarie (1999), Continuous Measurements of Atmospheric CO2 at Jubany Station, Antarctica., Tellus, 51B, 713-721

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-05-12

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-29

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