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Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_PROARCA_CAMVEGLCCCS

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Summary

Abstract: The Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status consists of GIS coverages of vegetation classes (forests, woodlands, savannas, shrubs, grasslands, wetlands, rocks, sand, soils, inland waters, parks and reserves) for Central America, derived from 1-kilometer resolution Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery. This dataset is produced by Proyecto ...

Purpose: To identify remaining natural vegetation types in Central America.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 19.0

S: 6.0

E: -78.0

W: -92.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), International Resources Group/Ltd. (IRG), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Winrock International (WI)

Dataset Title: Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status

Dataset Release Date: 1998

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Version: 1.00

Data Presentation Form: vector

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lulc-central-american-veg...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-01-01

Stop Date: 1993-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

OCEANS

Platform

R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis

Instrument

ELECTROMAGNETIC GEOPROFILER

Access Constraints These data are not yet publicly available.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=SIPEX_II... when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

SIPEX

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Australian Antarctic Division

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia