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    • EASE-Grid Land Cover Classifications Derived from Boston University MODIS/Terra Land Cover Data, Version 1

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    These data provide land cover classifications derived from the Boston University MOD12Q1 V004 MODIS/Terra 1 km Land Cover Product (Friedl et al. 2002). The data are available in various EASE-Grid azimuthal and global projections, in 12.5 km and 25 km spatial resolutions. The data are in flat binary, 1 byte files that are stored by row.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1386205662-NSIDCV0
    Data First Published 2000-07-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2000-12-31
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation EASE-Grid Land Cover Classifications Derived from Boston University MODIS/Terra Land Cover Data, Version 1. Version 1. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/J0CJG7RZW3IJ.
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/J0CJG7RZW3IJ
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 0.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 70ec67d73c389c7de68f58d76b51b177e43877eff2aa081996f4db1f90a2f2e3
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z/2000-12-31T23:59:59.999Z

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