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CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN SAVANNA BIOMES FOR DETERMINING WOODY COVER

Entry ID: gv_aws

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Summary

Abstract: This data set includes the soil and vegetation characteristics, herbivore estimates, and precipitation measurement data for the 854 sites described and analyzed in Sankaran et al., 2005. Savannas are globally important ecosystems of great significance to human economies. In these biomes, which are characterized by the co-dominance of trees and grasses, woody cover is a chief determinant of ...

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Description: CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN SAVANNA BIOMES FOR DETERMINING WOODY COVER

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 16.76

S: -27.75

E: 37.24

W: -15.84

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: HANAN, N.P.SANKARAN, M.SCHOLES, R.J.

Dataset Title: CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN SAVANNA BIOMES FOR DETERMINING WOODY COVER

Dataset Release Date: 2007

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/850

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=850&term2attribut...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1981-01-01

Stop Date: 2003-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > DOMINANT SPECIES

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY > FIRE OCCURRENCE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

NOAA-7 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7

FIELD INVESTIGATION

LABORATORY

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

Instrument

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

CHN ANALYZERS > Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen Analyzers

DENSIOMETERS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

Ancillary Keywords

FIRE

SOIL

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: 850

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