Abstract:
This dataset, from Elaine
Matthews of NASA, contains six databases of global 1-degree data
for use in climate studies. The six databases are a vegetation
dataset representing natural vegetation, a land-use set
defining the areal extent of cultivated land, and four surface
albedo datasets for snow-free conditions (except for permanently
snow-covered continental ice) for January, April, July, and
October.
Variables:
| Albedo |
Vegetation Species |
Data Contributors:
NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GISS
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Publications:
Matthews, E., 1985: Atlas of Archived Vegetation, Land-Use and Seasonal Albedo Data Sets. NASA Technical Memorandum 86199, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Institute for Space Studies, 54 pp.
Matthews, E., 1984: Vegetation, Land-Use and Seasonal Albedo Data Sets: Documentation of Archived Data Tape. NASA Technical Memorandum 86107, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Institute for Space Studies, 12 pp.
Matthews, E., 1983: Global Vegetation and Land Use: New High-Resolution Data Bases for Climate Studies J. Clim. Appl. Meteor., 22, 474-487.
Data Formats:
ASCII (see dataset documentation)
Related RDA Datasets:
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Global Digital 1-Degree Soil Type and Surface Slope
Metadata Record:
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