Global Vegetation Types, 1971-1982 (Matthews)

Description

A global digital data base of vegetation was compiled at 1 degree latitude by 1 degree longitude resolution, drawing on approximately 100 published sources. Vegetation data from varied sources were consistently recorded using the hierarchical UNESCO classification system. The raw data base distinguishes about 180 vegetation types that have been collapsed to 32.

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21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F419
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/VEGETATION/guides/matthews_global_veg.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/419
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/MatthewsVegetation/comp/matthews_global_veg.pdf
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/MatthewsVegetation/comp/veg1x1.help
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/sdat-tds/419_1_fit.png
21 Web Coverage Service for this collection. https://webmap.ornl.gov/wcsdown/dataset.jsp?ds_id=419
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/MatthewsVegetation/comp/readme.txt
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/global_vegetation/MatthewsVegetation/

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  • biosphere
  • vegetation
  • earth-science

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