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Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) Potential Vegetation

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The VEMAP Reference Data collection contains the following dataset: Landcover - potential natural vegetation under current conditions.

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Data provided by the Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are gridded monthly time series climate data for the Conterminous United States at 0.5 x 0.5 degree spatial resolution.

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Stated by source: Not provided · Vegetation Species
Inferred from text: Ecological applications 69%

Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions

Source	Key	Last seen	Raw
NASA Earthdata CMR	C1214610991-SCIOPS	13 d ago	JSON v1

Field	Assertion	Extractor	Evidence
access_level	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4102	enrichment · NASA CMR	taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0	title+keywords+description (69%)
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-species	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
description	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0	/umm/Abstract
license_text	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
spatial	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0	/umm/SpatialExtent
temporal	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0	/umm/TemporalExtents
title	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0	/umm/EntryTitle
version_label	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0

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Access: open
License: Use of the VEMAP dataset is subject to the following guidelines and restrictions: (1) Users may confer with the NCAR VEMAP Data Group to ensure that the intended application of the dataset is consistent with the generation and limitations of the data. (2) To help us identify dataset errors or inconsistencies, we request that users contact the NCAR VEMAP Data Group regarding problems with data files, data access, or the dataset's representation of climate. For problems with data access or file format, please refer to &http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/contacts.html& (3) Credit in publications resulting from the use of the VEMAP2 data will be given (a) by citation of VEMAP data set (http://eos-earthdata.sr.unh.edu/) and appropriate VEMAP data papers and (b) by acknowledgement of VEMAP sponsors (NASA Earth Science Enterprise, EPRI, and the USDA Forest Service Global Change Program) and the VEMAP Data Group (T. Kittel, D. Schimel, A. Royle, N. Rosenbloom, H. Fisher, S. Aulenbach, and C. Kaufman, NCAR, and C. Daly, Oregon State University) for access to the data.
Version: Not provided
Formats: ASCII, GIF images, binary
Coverage: 1970-01-01 → ?
Area: 26°–50° lat, -124°–-66° lon
Platforms: Not provided
Processing level: Not provided

CMR concept: C1214610991-SCIOPS
CMR short name: EOSWEBSTER_VEMAP_VEG.vNot provided

Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) Potential Vegetation

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