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SOURCESCLIMAP*Modernvegetation type

CLIMAP MOD vegetation: vegetation type data

vegetation type from CLIMAP MOD: Modern soil and vegetation characteristics from the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179W) to (179E) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (55S) to (83N) by 2.0 N= 70 pts :grid

Other Info

Key
11evergreen forest with <10% low veg/crops
12evergreen forest with <30% low veg/crops
13evergreen forest with <50% low veg/crops
14
15
16
17
18
19evergreen forest with 0-50% low veg/crops
20
21mixed forest evergreen dominate with <10% low veg/crops
22mixed forest evergreen dominate with <30% low veg/crops
23mixed forest evergreen dominate with <50% low veg/crops
24
25
26
27
28
29mixed forest evergreen dominate with 0-50% low veg/crops
30
31mixed forest deciduous dominate with <10% low veg/crops
32mixed forest deciduous dominate with <30% low veg/crops
33mixed forest deciduous dominate with <50% low veg/crops
34
35
36
37
38
39mixed forest deciduous dominate with 0-50% low veg/crops
40
41deciduous forest with <10% low veg/crops
42deciduous forest with <30% low veg/crops
43deciduous forest with <50% low veg/crops
44
45
46
47
48
49deciduous forest with 0-50% low veg/crops
50
51shrub/low tree woodland with <10% low veg/crops
52shrub/low tree woodland with <30% low veg/crops
53shrub/low tree woodland with <50% low veg/crops
54
55
56
57
58
59shrub/low tree woodland with 0-50% low veg/crops
60
61tall grass/vegetation with >30% woods/shrubs
62tall grass/vegetation with >10% woods/shrubs
63tall grass/vegetation with <10% woods/shrubs
64
65
66
67
68
69tall grass/vegetation with 0-50% woods/shrubs
70
71short vegetation with >30% woods/shrubs
72short vegetation with >10% woods/shrubs
73short vegetation with <10% woods/shrubs
74short vegetation with 0-50% woods/shrubs
75
76
77
78
79
80
81crop lands with >30% woods/shrubs
82crop lands with >10% woods/shrubs
83crop lands with <10% woods/shrubs
84
85
86
87rice paddies with < 30% woods/shrubs
88
89crop lands with 0-50% woods/shrubs
90
91lichen only
missing_value
0
scale_max
91
scale_min
11
units
ids

References

CLIMAP Project Members, 1984. The last interglacial ocean. Quat. Res. 21: 123-224.

Last updated: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:52:20 GMT