RLC Generalized Forest Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1-km

Description

This data set is the Former Soviet Union (FSU) portion of the Generalized World Forest Map (WCMC, 1998), a 1-kilometer resolution generalized forest cover map for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. There are five forest classes in the original global generalized map. Only two of those classes were distinguished in the geographical portion comprising the FSU.

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Name Format Description Link
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_world_forest_map/comp/RLC_forestmap98.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F697
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/RLC/guides/RLC_forestmap98.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/697
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_world_forest_map/comp/wfmap_projection.txt
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/vegetation_logo_square.png
22 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_world_forest_map/comp/wfmap.jpg
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/global_vegetation/rlc_world_forest_map/
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_world_forest_map/comp/wfmap_readme.txt

Tags

  • ecosystems
  • land-use-land-cover
  • land-surface
  • biosphere
  • earth-science

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