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Major Wetlands and Floodplains for the World Water Development Report II
Entry ID:
UNH_WWDRII_WET
Summary
Abstract:
This database consists of global gridded fields of floodplains and wetlands as
represented in the Global Lakes and Wetlands database (Lehner and Doll, 2004) (http://www.wwfus.org/science/data/globallakes.cfm) at 30-minute (latitude by longitude) resolution.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Water Systems Analysis Group
Dataset Title:
Major Wetlands and Floodplains
Dataset Series Name:
World Water Development Record II
Dataset Release Place:
Durham, NH
Dataset Publisher:
University of New Hampshire
Online Resource:
http://wwdrii.sr.unh.edu/download.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
2004-01-01
Stop Date:
2004-12-31
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution:
30 min
Longitude Resolution: 30 min Horizontal Resolution Range: 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
online
Distribution Format:
JPEG, ascii, ARC
Fees:
none
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
(603) 862-1792
Fax:
(603) 862-0188
Email:
charles.vorosmarty at unh.edu
Contact Address:
Water Systems Analysis Group
Complex Systems Research Center
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
University of New Hampshire
Morse Hall, 39 College Road
City:
DURHAM
Province or State:
NH
Postal Code:
03824
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Lehner, B. and P. Doll. 2004. Development and validation of a global database
of lakes, reservoirs and wetlands, J. Hydrology, 296, (1-4):1-22. Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2005-12-08
Last DIF Revision Date:
2005-12-08
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