vegclass_1k

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Michael Fleming, USFS/USGS

Publication_Date: 1997

Title: vegclass_1k

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Other_Citation_Details:

Michael Fleming. ALASKA. A statewide vegetation map of Alaska using phenological classification of AVHRR data. Occasional Paper - Colorado University, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, in Proceedings of the Second circumpolar arctic vegetation mapping workshop and the CAVM-North America workshop. (D. A. Walker, editor and others). 52, 1997. p. 25-26.

Online_Linkage: <http://agdc.usgs.gov/data/projects/fhm/index.html#G>

Description:

Abstract:

Vegetation map in grid format developed for the state of Alaska by Michael Fleming, USFS/USGS, using using the phenology of a vegetation index (AVHRR/NDVI) collected during the 1991 growing season. 1000 km cell size, scale 1:2,500,000.

Purpose:

REQUIRED: A summary of the intentions with which the data set was developed.

Supplemental_Information:

Cell values and Vegetation Class Names: 0 Ocean Water 1 Water 2 Glaciers & Snow 3 Alpine Tundra & Barrens 4 Dwarf Shrub Tundra 5 Tussock Sedge/Dwarf Shrub Tundra 6 Moist Herbaceous/Shrub Tundra 7 Wet Sedge Tundra 8 Low Shrub/Lichen Tundra 9 Low & Dwarf Shrub 10 Tall Shrub 11 Closed Broadleaf & Closed Mixed Forest 12 Closed Mixed Forest 13 Closed Spruce Forest 14 Spruce Woodland/Shrub 15 Open Spruce Forest/Shrub/Bog Mosaic 16 Spruce & Broadleaf Forest 17 Open & Closed Spruce Forest 18 Open Spruce & Closed Mixed Forest Mosaic 19 Closed Spruce & Hemlock Forest 20 1991 Fires 21 1990 Fires & Gravel Bars 22 Canada/Russia 23 Tall & Low Shrub

available at USFS/State and Private Forestry and USGS Alaska Geographic Science Office webpage: Forest Health Monitoring Clearinghouse

Michael Fleming. ALASKA. A statewide vegetation map of Alaska using phenological classification of AVHRR data. Occasional Paper - Colorado University, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, in Proceedings of the Second circumpolar arctic vegetation mapping workshop and the CAVM-North America workshop. (D. A. Walker, editor and others). 52, 1997. p. 25-26.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date:

REQUIRED: The year (and optionally month, or month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground.

Currentness_Reference:

REQUIRED: The basis on which the time period of content information is determined.

Status:

Progress: REQUIRED: The state of the data set.

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:

REQUIRED: The frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed.

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -148.224753

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -138.993424

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 63.447845

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.350779

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.

Theme_Keyword: vegetation

Theme_Keyword: classification

Theme_Keyword: AVHRR

Theme_Keyword: NDVI

Place:

Place_Keyword: Alaska

Access_Constraints:

REQUIRED: Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing the data set.

Use_Constraints:

REQUIRED: Restrictions and legal prerequisites for using the data set after access is granted.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset moved.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: F:\D_Pray\projects\crc\data\lndcov\vegcls

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset moved.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: F:\D_Pray\CRC_work\data\veg\nodoc\vegclass_1k

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: F:\D_Pray\CRC_work\data\veg\vegclass_1k

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell

Row_Count: 397

Column_Count: 435

Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 55.000000

Standard_Parallel: 65.000000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -154.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 50.000000

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 1000.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 1000.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_Clarke_1866

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: vegclass_1k

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ObjectID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Value

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Count

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Veg_class

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Cell values and Vegetation Class Names: 0 Ocean Water 1 Water 2 Glaciers & Snow 3 Alpine Tundra & Barrens 4 Dwarf Shrub Tundra 5 Tussock Sedge/Dwarf Shrub Tundra 6 Moist Herbaceous/Shrub Tundra 7 Wet Sedge Tundra 8 Low Shrub/Lichen Tundra 9 Low & Dwarf Shrub 10 Tall Shrub 11 Closed Broadleaf & Closed Mixed Forest 12 Closed Mixed Forest 13 Closed Spruce Forest 14 Spruce Woodland/Shrub 15 Open Spruce Forest/Shrub/Bog Mosaic 16 Spruce & Broadleaf Forest 17 Open & Closed Spruce Forest 18 Open Spruce & Closed Mixed Forest Mosaic 19 Closed Spruce & Hemlock Forest 20 1991 Fires 21 1990 Fires & Gravel Bars 22 Canada/Russia 23 Tall & Low Shrub

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.080

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20041104

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

REQUIRED: The organization responsible for the metadata information.

Contact_Person: REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:

REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual.

City: REQUIRED: The city of the address.

State_or_Province: REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.

Postal_Code: REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile