HEADWATERS ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION TITLE: Geodataset Name: amer_landcov Geodataset Type: GRID Geodataset Feature: NA GENERAL DESCRIPTION: This dataset shows land cover classes derived from MODIS imagery. DATA SOURCE(S): U.S. Geological Survey Scale of Original Source Maps: 1 km cells Date of Original Source Maps: 2001 GEODATASET EXTENT: North America FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES: VALUE ITEM DESCRIPTION 0 water 1 evergreen needleleaf forest 2 evergreen broadleaf forest 3 deciduous needleleaf forest 4 deciduous broadleaf forest 5 mixed forests 6 closed shrublands 7 open shrublands 8 woody savannas 9 savannas 10 grasslands 11 permanent wetlands 12 croplands 13 urban and built-up 14 cropland/natural vegetation mosaic 15 permanent snow and ice 16 barren or sparsely vegetated 254 UNCLASSIFIED DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: The data was provided by CommEn Space and can be downloaded from http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/modis/mod12q1v4.asp MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS PROJECTION ALBERS CONICAL EQUAL AREA DATUM NAD83 UNITS METERS SPHEROID GRS1980 PARAMETERS 1st standard parallel 29 30 0.000 2nd standard parallel 45 30 0.000 central meridian -96 00 0.000 latitude of projection's origin 37 30 0.000 false easting (meters) 0.00000 false northing (meters) 0.00000 DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S): Name: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Abbr.name: NOAA (CSC) Address: 47914 252nd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57198-0001 Phone: 866-573-3222 Fax: 605-594-6963 Email: LPDAAC@eos.nasa.gov Web site: http://LPDAAC.usgs.gov HEADWATERS ECONOMICS CONTACT: Name: Headwaters Economics Geographic Data Library Abbr. Name: HEGDL Address: Headwaters Economics 566 Highland St. Helena, Montana 59601 Web site: http://www.headwaterseconomics.org Contact Person: Patty Gude Phone: (406)599-7425 Email: patty@headwaterseconomics.org