Global ecosystems database
John J. Kineman, Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory, National Geophysical Data Center, World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Environmental Protection Agency Global Change Research Program, NOAA-EPA Global Ecosystems Database Project
Geographic database for modeling terrestial climate-bioshpere interactions in support of EPA's Global Climate Research Program. Raster (cell) and vector (point, line, or polygon) data files in a geographic (longitude/latitude) projection (i.e. "unprojected") covering the world and including data on vegetation, temperature, precipitation, cloudiness, ecosystems, life zone classifications, land use, seasonal albedo, methane emissions from animals and natural wetlands, land cover, soils, surface slope, elevation, terrain, surface characteristics, and boundaries of coastlines, islands, countries, states (USA), rivers, lakes
Computer File, English, 1992
Version 1.0
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center and World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, Boulder, Colo., 1992