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Title:

Global Ecosystem Database Version 1.0 (on CD-ROM)
EPA Global Climate Research Program NOAA/NGDC Global Change Database Program

Source:

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
National Geophysical Data Center
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303
(303) 497-6958

Description:

Collection of Global Ecosystem Datasets:

  • Raster Data Sets:

    Monthly Generalized Global Vegetation Index 4/85-12/88; Monthly Experimental Calibrated GVI 4/85-12/90; Mean Monthly temp, precip, and cloudiness on global grid; Average monthly surface air temperature and precipitation; World ecosystems; Holdridge life zones classifications; Vegetation, landuse, and seasonal albedo; Methane emissions from animals; Global Distributions, characteristics, and methane emissions of natural wetlands; Global land cover and soils data for GCMS; Zobler soil type, soil texture, surface slope, and other properties; Global soil particle size properties; and Elevation, terrain, and surface characteristics.