data: CLIMAP LGM vegetation

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CLIMAP LGM vegetation: vegetation type data

vegetation type from CLIMAP LGM: Last glacial maximum (18 KBP) soil and vegetation characteristics from the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology.

Independent Variables (Grids)

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

Other Info

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

missing_value: 0
scale_max: 93
scale_min: 11
units: ids

References

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

Last updated: Tue, 19 May 2015 19:17:47 GMT

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