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Forest Cover Maps for the Legal Amazon from the Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC)
Entry ID:
TRFIC_MAPS_AMAZON_ESIP
Summary
Abstract:
This data set consists of forest cover maps derived from Landsat
satellites for the legal Amazon rain forest. The maps can be downloaded in .PDF or .EMF format from the Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC) web site (http://bsrsi.msu.edu/trfic). The maps are available for each legal Amazon region for each year 1975, 1986, and 1992. Also available are legal Amazon vegetation and transition ecosystem classes, mean carbon per vegetation type, and major classification types. All the maps range from 30 x 20 to 38 x 30 and can be printed at 8.5 x 11in.
Related URL
Geographic Coverage
(Click for Interactive Map)
Spatial coordinates
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Skole, D.
Dataset Title:
Forest Cover Maps for the Legal Amazon
Dataset Release Date:
2000
Dataset Release Place:
East Lansing, MI
Dataset Publisher:
TRFIC/BSRSI/MSU
Online Resource:
http://bsrsi.msu.edu/trfic/
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1975-01-01
Stop Date:
1975-12-31
ISO Topic Category
Project
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
online WWW
Distribution Format:
PDF and EMF
Fees:
None
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
(517) 432-7774
Fax:
(517) 353-2932
Email:
skole at pilot.msu.edu
Contact Address:
Basic Science and Remote Sensing Initiative
Department of Geography
Michigan State University
City:
East Lansing
Province or State:
MI
Postal Code:
48824
Country:
USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2000-04-17
Last DIF Revision Date:
2001-07-02
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