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JERS-1 SAR Global Boreal Forest Mapping Project data sets

Entry ID: JAXA_EORC

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Summary

Abstract: Global Rain Forest Mapping Project (GRFM) / Global Boreal Forest Mapping
Project (GBFM) CD-ROM and DVD-ROM data sets contain JERS-1 SAR mosaics of
South-East Asia, Boreal North America, Central America & Pantanal, South
America (Amazon Basin), and Africa. The ground resolutions of these data
are
100m, 500m and 2km.

The ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 20.0

S: 5.0

E: -75.0

W: -96.0

N: 40.0

S: -35.0

E: 55.0

W: 16.0

N: 15.0

S: -60.0

E: -30.0

W: -90.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Release Place: JAXA/EORC

Dataset Publisher: JAXA/EORC

Location Keywords

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > MADAGASCAR

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: .61 meters
Longitude Resolution: .61 meters

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > WETLANDS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

OCEANS

Quality The attribute accuracy was tested using several methods during the data
development phases and completion. During the interpretation phase, quality
checks were performed at every stage. At the digitizing phase, data was tested
by manual comparison of the source with hard copy printouts and/or symbolized
display of the digital wetlands data on an ...

Access Constraints It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from the
distributor described above or from another USGS Biological Resources
Division server and not indirectly through other sources which may
have changed the data in some way. The distributor makes no claims as
to the data's suitability for other purposes.

Use Constraints Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research
Center as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from these
data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices
for data source is expected by users of this data. Sharing new data
layers developed directly from these data would also ...

Ancillary Keywords

basins

bays

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Spatial Data and Metadata Server, National Wetlands Research Center, Biological Resources Division, USGS, U.S. Department of the Interior

Data Center URL: http://sdms.cr.usgs.gov/pub/resource.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: LARRY HANDLEY Phone: 337-266-8691 Fax: 337-266-8513 Email: larry_handley at usgs.gov Contact Address: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Wetlands Research Center 700 Cajundome Blvd City: Lafayette Province or State: Louisiana Postal Code: 70506 Country: USA