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RLC AVHRR-Derived Land Cover, Former Soviet Union, 15-km, 1984-1993

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/689
Version1
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Published2004-01-07
Usage977 downloads
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Description

This dataset is a 15-kilometer resolution land cover map for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. There are sixty land cover classes distinguished in this dataset, of which 38 are forest cover classes. The data set is useful for stratification of the FSU into general sub-regions of land cover for subsequent study using higher resolution satellite data.

Science Keywords

  • LAND SURFACE
  • LAND USE/LAND COVER
  • LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION

Data Use and Citation

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Stone, T.A., and P. Schlesinger. 2003. RLC AVHRR-Derived Land Cover, Former Soviet Union, 15-km, 1984-1993. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/689

This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the NASA Earthdata Data Use Guidance.

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Dataset has 6 companion files.

  • dlcmap_legend.dbf
  • dlcmap_projection.txt
  • RLC_AVHRR_FSU_15_km.pdf
  • dlcmap.jpg
  • dlcmap_readme.txt
  • dlcmap_legend.txt