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UMD GLCF GLCDS

UMD GLCF GLCDS: Gridded 1-km global land cover data set from the University of Maryland.

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Datasets and variables

land cover UMD GLCF GLCDS lc[ X | Y]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.9958W) to (179.9958E) by 0.008333334 N= 43200 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.99583N) to (89.99583S) by 0.008333334 N= 21600 pts :grid

References

Hansen, M., DeFries, R., Townshend, J. R. G. and Sohlberg, R.. 1998. (specify 1 Degree, 8 Km, or 1 Km) Land Cover Classification Derived from AVHRR. College Park, Maryland: The Global Land Cover Facility.

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