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 (89.5S) to (89.5N) by 1.0 N= 180 pts :grid

Other Info

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

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: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT