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    • RLC AVHRR-Derived Land Cover, Former Soviet Union, 15-km, 1984-1993

    Metadata Updated: January 15, 2026

    This dataset is a 15-kilometer resolution land cover map for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. There are sixty land cover classes distinguished in this dataset, of which 38 are forest cover classes. The data set is useful for stratification of the FSU into general sub-regions of land cover for subsequent study using higher resolution satellite data.

    Access & Use Information

    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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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2026
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/689
    Data Last Modified 2026-01-13
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 70d680ef-3a3f-4ec2-8197-1018db17d1ce
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=rlc_land_cover_689&ac=true
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":19.816,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":75.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":35.2389},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 56d3a2de7a5cb2c3d59917997ad0007f57b624be44eee248f93812288c171679
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1984-01-01/1984-01-01

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