The data sets include the NGDC and NESDIS monthly global vegetation index from NOAA-9 and NOAA-11; Leemans and Cramer IIASA mean monthly global temperature, precipitation, and cloudiness; Legates and Wilmott average monthly air temperature and precipitation; Olson world ecosystems; Leemans Holdridge life zone classifications; Matthews vegetation, land use, and seasonal albedo; Lerner, Matthews, and Fung methane emissions from animals; Matthews, and Fung global distribution, characteristics, and methane emissions of natural wetlands; Wilson and Henderson-Sellers global land cover and soils data for GCM's; Staub and Rosenzweig Zobler soil type, soil texture, surface slope and other properties; Webb, Rosenzweig, and Levine global soil particle size properties; Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center (FNOC) elevation, terrain, and surface characteristics; Pospeschil Micro World Data Bank II; Edwards global gridded elevation and bathymetry; and the UNEP/GRID gridded UNESCO/FAO soil units;
The data base consists of a collection of raster (cell) and vector (point, line, or polygon) data files each of which contain a global image-map, and all data are provided in a geographic (latitude/longitude) projection. Each dataset is accompanied by an ASCII documentation file containing information necessary for using the GIS or other software. The CD-ROM format is readable on IBM-DOS compatible machines, Apple Macintoshes, UNIX workstations, and other computers that support the ISO 9660 standard.
Software is provided to browse, visualize, and select appropriate portions of the data base for your work. Primarily, however, the data base is designed to interface with many statistical, image analysis, and geographic information systems. Data and sample setups are provided in two highly accessible geographic information systems, GRASS and IDRISI, to show how they can be useful in other GIS's. The structure of the data base has demonstrated its adaptability by passing several tests by software vendors for quick and easy importation into their systems.
Entry_ID: EPA_CDROM (MD Identifier: 4516)
Temporal Coverage:
From: 1920-01-01 TO: 1988-12-31
Geographic Coverage:
Southwest Extent: 90S,180W Northeast Extent: 90N,180E
Source:
GROUND STATIONS
NOAA>NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION SERIES
NOAA 11
NOAA 9
SHIP/BUOYS
Sensor:
AVHRR>ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER
Storage Media:
CD-ROM
Campaign/Project:
EPA GCRP>EPA Global Change Research Program
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEAN
Location Keyword:
GLOBAL
Parameter Group, Parameter:
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > CLOUDS
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > HUMIDITY
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > METHANE
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION > TRACE GASES
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > CLOUD TYPES
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > EVAPORATION
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > HUMIDITY
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > PRECIPITATION
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS > SOLAR RADIATION
BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES > OCEAN VEGETATION
BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES > SURFACE VEGETATION
EARTH RADIATIVE PROCESSES > ALBEDO
EARTH RADIATIVE PROCESSES > SOLAR ACTIVITY
GEODYNAMIC FEATURES > TERRAIN ELEVATION
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > ALBEDO
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > ELEVATION
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > GLACIERS
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > ICE
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > LAKES
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > LANDFORMS
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > SOILS
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > SURFACE VEGETATION
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > TOPOGRAPHIC DATA
GEOGRAPHY AND LAND COVER > WETLANDS
GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS > SOILS
HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS > EVAPORATION
HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS > PRECIPITATION
HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS > RIVERS
HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS > TEMPERATURE
HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS > WETLANDS
OCEAN COMPOSITION > SEA ICE
OCEAN DYNAMICS > EVAPORATION
OCEAN DYNAMICS > PRESSURE
OCEAN DYNAMICS > SEA ICE
OCEAN DYNAMICS > SEA LEVEL
General Keywords:
CD-ROM
CLIMATOLOGY
ECOSYSTEMS
EPA
GED
GLOBAL CHANGE
GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS DATABASE
GLOBAL VEGETATION INDEX
IDN_NODE GSFC/NGDC
LAND USE
LIFE ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS
PARTICLE SIZE PROPERTIES
SEASONAL ALBEDO
SOIL MOISTURE
SOIL TEMPERATURES
SOIL TEXTURE
SOIL TYPE
SURFACE
SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS
UNEP/GRID
UNESCO/FAO
VEGETATION
WORLD ECOSYSTEMS
Revision Date: 1994-02-08
Quality Statement:
The data have undergone extensive quality control and preparation of
documentation (300+ pages), for improved data synergy and usefulness for
integrated multivariate spatial analysis. Several new techniques have been
developed in this process. This process included format and grid conversion,
registration and/or reprojection, creating documentation as needed etc., while
preserving the original nature and context of the data. Over 100 scientists
have reviewed the data resulting in significant improvements in design,
documentation, and content. Peer review comments are summarized with the
data base and this process continues, supporting future updates.
Archive:
NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC>National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA
Data Set ID: GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS CD-ROM
Contact: NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC,
Electronic Mail: NSI/DECNET> 9555::RCONKRIGHT
TELEMAIL> [JHALLEN/NESDIS]
Phone: (303) 497-6215
FAX (303) 497-6513
FTS 320-6215
Investigator: KINEMAN, JOHN J.
Electronic Mail: INTERNET> info@mail.ngdc.noaa.gov
OMNET> J.Kineman
Phone: (303) 497-6513 FAX
(303) 497-6900
Entry Author: SCIALDONE, JOHN N.
Electronic Mail: INTERNET> SCIALDONE@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
NSI/DECnet> NCF::SCIALDONE
Phone: (301) 441-4214
Information in this entry provided by NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC
NOAA/EPA Global Ecosystem Database Version 1.0 User's Guide, Documentation
Manual, 1992.
1. Source: NOAA>NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION SERIES
2. Source: NOAA 11
3. Source: NOAA 9
4. Sensor: ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOL. RAD.>ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION ...