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Geography, Land Use and Population data for Counties in the Contiguous United States

Entry ID: EOSWEBSTER_US_County_Data_4-5

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Summary

Abstract: Two datasets provide geographic, land use and population data for US
Counties within the contiguous US. Land area, water area, cropland
area, farmland area, pastureland area and idle cropland area are given
along with latitude and longitude of the county centroid and the
county population. Variables in this dataset come from the US Dept. of
Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service ...

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Link: GET DATA

Description: EOS-WEBSTER Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP) provides
terrestrial ecosystem research data via a web-based search, subset and order
system.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 50.0

S: 26.0

E: -66.0

W: -124.0

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
EOSWEBSTER_US_County_Data

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-01-01

Stop Date: 1990-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > AGRICULTURAL LANDS > CROPLAND AREA (HECTARES)

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > AGRICULTURAL LANDS > CROPLAND IDLE AREA - SOIL IMPROVEMENT (HECTARES)

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

CENTROID

COUNTY

Originating Center

Data Center

EOS-EARTHDATA, Complex Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Univ. of New Hampshire

Data Center URL: http://eos-earthdata.sr.unh.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: DENISE BLAHA Phone: 1-603-862-3785 Fax: 603-862-0188 Email: support at cooa.sr.unh.edu Contact Address: Complex Systems Research Center Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space Morse Hall University of New Hampshire City: Durham Province or State: New Hampshire Postal Code: 03824 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online

Personnel

MELANIE F. MEAUX

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-04-20

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