Dataset Selection
GED Datasets are defined by authorship, however
they are grouped by database according to their geographic
compatibility. Each database is defined by geographic coverage,
reference system, and projection. Resolution will vary between
global, regional, and local databases, but may also vary within
a database. Databases contained on this CD are presented as follows:
GLGEO: Global coverage - Geodetic
projection
SEAGEO: Southeast Asia coverage -
Geodetic projection
USALB: Conterminous United States
coverage - Albers projection
Global
Geographic (longitude/latitude) Database (GLGEO)
- B01: Fedorova,
Volkova, and Varlyguin World Vegetation Cover
- B02: Bazilevich
Global Primary Productivity
- B03: Bailey
Ecoregions of the Continents (reprojected)
- B04: Tateishi
and Kojiwara, Monthly Maximum Global Vegetation Index and
- Land Cover Classifications from NOAA-9 (JAN 1986 - DEC
1989)
- B05: Pinker
and Laszlo, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) and Conversion
Factor (CF)
- B06: Dixon,
Schroeder, and Winjum Global Forest Practices Database
- B07: Brown
Weekly NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Multichannel
Sea Surface Temperature
- (APR - JUN 1989)
- B08: Chang
Monthly Nimbus-7 SMMR Derived Global Snow Cover and Snow Depth
Data Set (OCT 1978 - AUG 1987)
- B09: Hastings
and Amano Improved FNOC Percentage of Urban Development
- B14: Pospeschil,
Micro World Databank II [also in USALB]
Southeast
Asia Geographic (longitude/latitude) Database (SEAGEO)
- B10: Bachelet
Calculated UV-B Irradiance for Southern and Eastern Asia
- B11: Huke
Agroclimatology for South, Southeast, and East Asia
US
Albers (meters) Database (USALB)
- B12: EPA (Corvallis)
Climate Database and 2xCO2 Predictions
- B13: EPA Kuchler
Potential Natural Vegetation of the Conterminous United States
B14: Pospeschil,
Micro World Databank II [also in GLGEO]
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