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West Africa Tropical Forest/Non-Forest Digital Composite Map

Entry ID: GNVd0061_104

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Summary

Abstract: UNEP/GRID Documentation Summary for Data Set:

West Africa Tropical Forest/Non-forest Digital Map

This digital data set is one of the principal results of the West
Africa "Methodology Development Project for Tropical Forest Cover
Assessment" carried out at GRID-Geneva between December 1988 and
January 1990 by the University of Joensuu, Finland/FINNIDA and ...

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Description: Search and access the data from the UNEP Environmental Data Explorer.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 11.6

S: 3.25

E: 9.88

W: -14.45

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1983-09-30

Stop Date: 1995-03-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIERS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Platform

AIRCRAFT

LANDSAT

SATELLITES

Instrument

RADAR > Radio Detection and Ranging

ECHO SOUNDERS

RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS

Quality Values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only.

See the referenced papers for more information.

This record has been updated by staff at the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (rather than the listed investigator), and therefore it's accuracy and quality cannot be guaranteed.

Access Constraints PDF copies of the referenced papers are available for download from the provided URL.

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 at the provided URL when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

Dynamics

Glacier

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

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

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 114 kb

Distribution Format: pdf

Fees: free

Personnel

NEAL W YOUNG

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 6226 2955

Email: Neal.Young at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

ACE CRC AND AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION

Private Bag 80

City: Hobart

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7001

Country: Australia

DAVE CONNELL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3244

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Publications/References

Davis E.R., Jones D.J., Morgan V.I., Young N.W. (1986) A survey of the Vanderford and Adams Glaciers in East Antarctica (Abstract). Annals of Glaciology 8. 197

Young N. (1989) Surface velocities of Denman Glacier, Antarctica, derived from Landsat imagery (Abstract). Annals of Glaciology 12. 218

Young N., Malcolm P., Mantell P. (1989) Mass flux and dynamics of Totten Glacier, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology 12. 219

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-07-28

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-07-26

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