vegetation int_dY vegetation index from ECOSYSTEMS Matthews: Global vegetation and ecosystems data.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.5W) to (179.5E) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90S) to (90N) by 1.0 N= 181 pts :grid
Other Info
- bufferwordsize
- 8
- CE
- null
- CS
- null
- datatype
- doublearraytype
- iridl:hasSemantics
- iridl:LandCover
- missing_values
- -9999
99999
- source
- Matthews Global Vegetation Index
- units
- ids degree_north
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.
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