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SOURCESECOSYSTEMSMatthews Vegetation Index*vegetation index

ECOSYSTEMS Matthews vegetation: vegetation index data

vegetation index from ECOSYSTEMS Matthews: Global vegetation and ecosystems data.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.5W) to (179.5E) by 1. N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1. N= 180 pts :grid

Other Info

Key
1tropical evergreen rainforest
2trop/subtropical evergreen seasonal broad-leaved forest
3subtropical evergreen rainforest
4temperate/subpolar evergreen rainforest
5temperate evergreen seasonal broadleaved forest, summer rain
6evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous forest, winter rain
7tropical/subtropical evergreen needle-leaved forest
8tempierate/subpolar evergreen needle-leaved forest
9tropical/subtropical drought-deciduous forest
10cold-deciduous forest, with evergreens
11cold-deciduous forest, without evergreens
12xeromorphic forest/woodland
13evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous woodland
14evergreen needleleaved woodland
15tropical/subtropical drought-deciduous woodland
16cold-deciduous woodland
17evergreen broadleaved shrubland/thick, evergreen dwarf-shrubland
18evergreen needleleaved or microphyllous shrubland/thicket
19drought-deciduous shrubland/thicket
20cold-deciduous subalpine/subpolar shrubland/dwarf shrub
21xeromorphic shrubland/dwarf shrubland
22arctic/alpine tundra, mossy bog
23tall/medium/short grassland, 10-40% woody cover
24tall/medium/short grassland, < 10% woody cover
25tall/medium/short grassland, shrub cover
26tall grassland, no woody cover
27medium grassland, no woody cover
28meadow, short grassland, no woody cover
29forb formations
30desert
31ice
32cultivation
iridl:hasSemantics
iridl:LandCover
missing_values
-9999
99999
scale_max
32
scale_min
1
source
Matthews Global Vegetation Index
units
ids

References

Matthews, E. 1983. Global vegetation and land use: New high-resolution data bases for climate studies. J. Clim. Appl. Meteor. 22, 474-487

Matthews, E. 1984. Prescription of Land-surface Boundary Conditions in GISS GCM II: A Simple Method Based on High-resolution Vegetation Data Sets. NASA TM-86096. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Washington, D.C.

Last updated: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:59:07 GMT