EDC AVHRR Land Cover Imagery https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/8.13 Summary This dataset consists of monthly GIF images of Land Cover (vegetation) provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center (EDC). These Land Cover mosaics were produced from AVHRR imagery and are but a sample of the detailed land cover database available from EDC on CD-ROM. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 8.13 * doi:10.26023/1YJZ-3RVJ-5V0B https://doi.org/10.26023/1YJZ-3RVJ-5V0B Versions 1.0 Citation Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data Center. 1995. GCIP/GIDS-1: EDC AVHRR Land Cover Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/1YJZ-3RVJ-5V0B Accessed 28 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * GCIP/GIDS-1: GCIP Initial Data Set 1 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?GCIP%2FGIDS-1 Additional information * Spatial Type: raster * Frequency: other * Language: English Categories * Satellite Platforms * NOAA POES Instruments * Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer - AVHRR GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION > VEGETATION INDEX > NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI) * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION INDEX > NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI) Documentation * vegindex.txt [3 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/21F547/vegindex.txt Related links * homepage: GCIP/GIDS-1 EOL Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/gcipgids-1 Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1992-02-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 1992-06-30 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 49.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 25.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -125.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -65.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data Center https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2992 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/8.13?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/8.13?format=isotc211