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RLC Forest Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1973

Metadata Updated: July 3, 2025

This data set is a 1:15 million scale forest cover map for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. Twenty-two land cover classes are distinguished, of which 20 are forest cover classes. The source data were acquired by map digitization from the Atlas of Forests of the USSR (Anon. 1973) which was likely based on forestry data from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

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 July 3, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date July 3, 2025
Publisher ORNL_DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/692
Data Last Modified 2025-07-02
Category Earth Science
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
Harvest Object Id 0e47ea2c-8aa8-4799-92d1-572b155e46e7
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":19.8165,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":75.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":170.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":35.1659},"CARTESIAN"
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 87994f5325e5699e0e2aae462b9accaf9cead61d6f43a7023b3356ebd16116ab
Source Schema Version 1.1
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