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Friday, 29 January 2010 11:24

Description

The Australia/Pacific land cover data base is one portion of a global land cover characteristics data base that was developed on a continent-by-continent basis. All continents in the global data base share the same map projections (Interrupted Goode Homolosine and Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area), have 1-km nominal spatial resolution, and are based on 1-km AVHRR data spanning April 1992 through March 1993 (Loveland and others, 1999). Each continental data base has unique elements that are based on the salient geographic aspects of the specific continent. In addition, a core set of derived thematic maps produced through the aggregation of seasonal land cover regions are included in each continental data base. These are:
  • Global Ecosystems (Olson, 1994a, 1994b)
  • IGBP Land Cover Classification (Belward, 1996)
  • U.S. Geological Survey Land Use/Land Cover System (Anderson and others, 1976)
  • Simple Biosphere Model (Sellers and others, 1986)
  • Simple Biosphere 2 Model (Sellers and others, 1996)
  • Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (Dickinson and others, 1986)
  • Vegetation Lifeforms (Running and others, 1994)
Australia/Pacific Seasonal Land Cover Regions Legend
Australia/Pacific, v. 2.0
Value
Description
1
Lowland Tropical Rain Forest
2
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
3
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
4
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest with Rubber Plantations
5
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
6
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
7
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
8
Tropical Evergreen Montane Forest
9
Tropical Evergreen Forest with Rubber Plantations
10
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
11
Tropical Evergreen Forest
12
Tropical Evergreen Forest
13
Lowland Tropical Evergreen Forest with Mangroves
14
Temperate Moist Broadleaf Evergreen Forest (Podocarp, Beech)
15
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest (Podocarp, Beech)
16
Tropical Evergreen Forest
17
Tropical Evergreen Forest
18
Tropical Evergreen Forest
19
Tropical Evergreen Forest
20
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
21
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
22
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
23
Temperate Broadleaf Evergreen Forest (Eucalyptus)
24
Tropical Evergreen Forest
25
Tropical Evergreen Forest
26
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest (Podocarp, Beech)
27
Tropical Evergreen Forest
28
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest (Podocarp, Beech)
29
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
30
Seasonal Dry Forest
31
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest (Nothofagus)
32
Seasonal Dry Forest
33
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
34
Podocarp, Broadleaf, Beech Forest with Scrub And Exotics
35
Tropical Evergreen Forest
36
Tropical Evergreen Forest
37
Tropical Evergreen Forest
38
Tropical Evergreen Forest
39
Eucalyptus Forest
40
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest with Mangroves (Coastal)
41
Tropical Evergreen Rainforest
42
Tropical Evergreen Forest
43
Eucalyptus Forest
44
Eucalyptus Forest
45
Tropical Evergreen Forest
46
Wet Eucalyptus Forest
47
Plantations (Rubber, Coconut, Palm)
48
Closed Shrubs
49
Shrubland/Grassland (Acacia, Spinifex)
50
Grassland/Shrubland (Acacia, Spinifex) with Eucalyptus Woodland
51
Shrubland/Grassland (Acacia, Mulga)
52
Open Acacia Shrubland with Spinifex
53
Shrubland (Acacia) with Grass
54
Tall Open Shrubland (Acacia, Eucalyptus)
55
Chenopod Shrubland with Open Woodland (Eucalyptus)
56
Open Shrubland (Acacia)/Grassland
57
Shrubland (Tall Shrubs, Mallee)
58
Ecalyptus Woodland
59
Woody Savanna (Eucalyptus, Maleleuca)
60
Eucalyptus Woodland (Trees/Tall Shrubs)
61
Eucalyptus Woodland
62
Eucalyptus Woodland with Pasture
63
Tropical Dry Woodland (Eucalyptus)
64
Eucalyptus Woodland
65
Evergreen Forest/Grassland/Scrub Mosaic (Leptospermum, Podocarp, Beech)
66
Fragmented Forest/Shrub Savanna with Shifting Cultivation, Rice, Corn
67
Low Open Savanna (Eucalyptus, Melaleuca)
68
Deforested, Tropical Montane Savanna
69
Savanna (Eucalyptus, Maleleuca)
70
Savanna (Eucalyptus)
71
Savanna (Eucalyptus)
72
Open Eucalyptus Savanna
73
Savanna
74
Savanna
75
Open Eucalyptus Woodland
76
Savanna (Maleleuca)
77
Savanna
78
Tropical Wet Savanna
79
Grassland/Scrub Mosiac with Beech And Podocarp Forest
80
Subalpine Meadows/Shrub Tundra
81
Grassland with Shrubland
82
Montane Grassland
83
Montane Grassland
84
Grassland (Mitchell Grass) with Woodland (Eucalyptus)
85
Tussock Grassland
86
Grassland (Mitchell Grass)
87
Tropical Montane Grassland with Heath Scrub
88
Montane Grassland
89
Tussock Grassland with Scrub
90
Grassland/Scrub And Fern Bracken
91
Improved Pasture with Crops And Scrub
92
Improved Pasture/Grassland And Mixed Scrub Mosaic
93
Grassland And Pasture
94
Pasture (Improved And Unimproved)/Grassland/Scrub Mosaic with Cropland
95
Wetlands
96
Cropland (Rice, Rubber, Coffee, Coconut)
97
Cropland (Rice, Rubber, Coffee, Coconut)
98
Rice, Shifting Cultivation
99
Cropland (Rice, Rubber, Coffee, Coconut)
100
Rice, Shifting Cultivation
101
Deforested, Shifting Cultivation, Rice, Rubber
102
Cropland (Rubber, Coffee, Coconut, Tea)
103
Rice, Coffee, Shifting Cultivation
104
Rice, Coffee, Shifting Cultivation
105
Cropland (Rubber, Rice, Sugar, Coffee)
106
Pasture, Cropland (Winter Wheat, Winter Barley)
107
Rice, Coffee, Shifting Cultivation
108
Rice, Shifting Cultivation
109
Shifting Cultivation
110
Cropland, Shifting Cultivation
111
Plantations, Shifting Cultivation, Coconut
112
Cropland And Pasture (Winter Wheat, Winter Barley)
113
Shifting Cultivation, Coffee, Rice
114
Rice, Plantations, Shifting Cultivation
115
Rice, Plantations
116
Cropland And Pasture (Orchards, Vinyards)
117
Cropland with Grassland (Coconut, Rice, Sugar Cane, Corn, Vegetables)
118
Rice, Shifting Cultivation
119
Pasture/Cropland
120
Pasture/Cropland
121
Deforested, Heavily Disturbed Grass, Shifting Cultivation
122
Savanna/Shifting Cultivation, Deforested
123
Deforested, Heavily Disturbed Grass, Shifting Cultivation
124
Deforested, Shifting Cultivation, Coffee, Rice
125
Grassland/Cropland
126
Fragmented Forest, Shifting Cultivation, Rice
127
Cropland/Grasslands (Plantations, Rice)
128
Seasonal Tropical Forest/Cropland Mosaic
129
Cropland/Grassland Mosaic
130
Fragmented Forest, Shifting Cultivation
131
Fragmented Forest, Shifting Cultivation
132
Fragmented Forest, Rice, Plantations, Coconut
133
Fragmented Forest, Cropland (Plantations, Rice, Coconut)
134
Fragmented Forest, Rice, Plantations, Coconut, Sugar Cane
135
Tropical Forest, Coconut Plantations
136
Glaciers
137
Barren (Dry Lake Beds, Intermittant Wetlands)
138
Inland Water
139
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SUMMARY
Type of data
GIS Dataset
Function
Seasonal land cover
Format
raster
Licence
Public Domain. Cost free download
Coverage
Australia and Pacific
Resolution/Scale
1000 metres
Coordinate System and Datum
Interrupted Goode Homolosine, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area
Spatial Extent
Longitude of origin: 135 00 00 E
Latitude of origin: 15 00 00 S
Source
USGS
 
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:05