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SAFARI 2000 POTENTIAL VEGETATION, 5-MIN (RAMANKUTTY AND FOLEY)

Entry ID: s2k_pot_veg

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Summary

Abstract: The data set consists of a southern Africa subset of the 5-min resolution Global Potential Vegetation data set developed by Navin Ramankutty and Jon Foley at the University of Wisconsin. Data are available in both ASCII GRID and binary image file formats. The original map was derived at a 5-min resolution and contains natural vegetation classified into 15 types. This data set is derived mainly ...

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Description: SAFARI 2000 POTENTIAL VEGETATION, 5-MIN (RAMANKUTTY AND FOLEY)

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 5.0

S: -35.0

E: 60.0

W: 5.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: FOLEY, J.A.RAMANKUTTY, N.

Dataset Title: SAFARI 2000 POTENTIAL VEGETATION, 5-MIN (RAMANKUTTY AND FOLEY)

Dataset Release Date: 2002

Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Presentation Form: Online Files

Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/639

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=639&term2attribut...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1753-01-01

Stop Date: 1992-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER

LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND COVER

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

SAFARI 2000 > The Southern African Regional Science Initiative Project

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Ancillary Keywords

SAFARI 2000

NATURAL VEGETATION

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 639

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA