RLC Vegetative Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1990

Description

This dataset is a 1:4 million scale vegetation map for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. Three hundred seventy-three cover classes are distinguished, of which nearly 145 are forest cover-related classes. Stone and Schlesinger (1993) digitized the map Vegetation of the Soviet Union, 1990 (Institute of Geography, 1990).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F700
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/global_vegetation/rlc_vegetation_1990/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/RLC/guides/RLC_veg_cover_1990.html
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/vegetation_logo_square.png
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/700
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_vegetation_1990/comp/RLC_veg_cover_1990.pdf
22 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_vegetation_1990/comp/vmap90.jpg
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_vegetation_1990/comp/vmap90_legend.dbf
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_vegetation_1990/comp/vmap90_legend.txt
10 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_vegetation_1990/comp/vmap90_method.doc
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_vegetation_1990/comp/vmap90_method.pdf
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_vegetation_1990/comp/vmap90_projection.txt
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/global_vegetation/rlc_vegetation_1990/comp/vmap90_readme.txt

Tags

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

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