Overview
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/700 |
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| Version | 1 |
| Project | |
| Published | 2004-01-07 |
| Updated | 2023-11-21 |
| Usage | 1446 downloads |
| Citations | 7 publications cited this dataset |
Description
This dataset is a 1:4 million scale vegetation map for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. Three hundred seventy-three cover classes are distinguished, of which nearly 145 are forest cover-related classes. Stone and Schlesinger (1993) digitized the map Vegetation of the Soviet Union, 1990 (Institute of Geography, 1990).
Science Keywords
- BIOSPHERE
- VEGETATION
- VEGETATION COVER
- LAND SURFACE
- LAND USE/LAND COVER
- LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION
Data Use and Citation
Stone, T.A., and P. Schlesinger. 2003. RLC Vegetative Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1990. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/700
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Dataset Companion Files
Dataset has 8 companion files.
- vmap90_readme.txt
- vmap90_projection.txt
- RLC_veg_cover_1990.pdf
- vmap90_legend.txt
- vmap90.jpg
- vmap90_method.doc
- vmap90_method.pdf
- vmap90_legend.dbf