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MURAI
& HONDA World Vegetation Map |
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Available at: |
http://gridg.grid.unep.ch/dbase.html |
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Data reference: |
United
Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database |
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Year: |
1985-present |
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Available data products: |
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Products |
Global vegetation map |
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Scale/spatial resolution: |
16km |
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Classification system: |
Application
of a classification system which is related to Koppen's
classification of major climates (eight major vegetation categories) |
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Remote sensing data: |
NOAA/GVI
(1985-1987) |
| Interpretation
process: |
Temporal
analysis of monthly vegetation activity cycles as represented by the normalized vegetation index (NVI), together with geo-referenced elevation, rainfall and temperature data |
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Projection: |
Plate Carree |
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Minimum Mapping Unit: |
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Land Cover Classes: |
9 |
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Objective: |
To bring all
nations and concerned organisations together to develop and provide easy and open access to global digital geographic information on global scale To facilitate the implementation of global agreements and conventions for environmental protection and for monitoring of major environmental phenomena |
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Format: |
Raster data file |
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Data release policy: |
Open access |
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Costs: |
For free |
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Updates: |
No information |
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Contact: |
Drs. Shunji Murai and
Yoshiaki Honda, Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo |
