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

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
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.
Citation
Title EASE-Grid Land Cover Classifications Derived from Boston University MODIS/Terra Land Cover Data, Version 1
publication  Date   2004-01-01
Edition 1
edition Date 2004-01-01
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Kenneth Knowles
organisation Name  Operational Systems, Inc.
Contact information
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
Contact information
Address
, Boulder, Colorado,  Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Geographic Region > Global
Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere
Geographic Region > Southern Hemisphere
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Land Use/Land Cover > Land Use Classes > Land Cover Classification
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Land Use/Land Cover > Land Use Classes > Land Cover Classification
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
Earth Observation Satellites > TERRA
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
Theme keywords (theme):
Land Cover
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Earth Surface
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:29 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Earth Observation Satellite
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Satellites
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:29 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Geography
thesaurus name >
Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:29 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Cover
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:29 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Operational Systems
thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:29 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Flat
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:29 UTC 2018
purpose:
Scientific Research
Resource language:  eng; usa
Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
update scope:  dataset
update scope:  series
update scope:  attribute
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints : none
Other constraints
Use Constraints : none
Resource extent
Extent description
SpatialCoverageType=HORIZONTAL, SpatialGranuleSpatialRepresentation=GEODETIC, TemporalRangeType=Continuous Range, TimeType=UTC
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -180.0
eastBoundLongitude  180.0
northBoundLatitude  90.0
southBoundLatitude  0.0
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -180.0
eastBoundLongitude  180.0
northBoundLatitude  0.0
southBoundLatitude  -90.0
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -180.0
eastBoundLongitude  180.0
northBoundLatitude  90.0
southBoundLatitude  -90.0
Temporal Extent
2000-07-01T00:00:00.000Z 2000-12-31T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Kenneth Knowles
organisation Name  Operational Systems, Inc.
Contact information
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - processor
organisation Name  NASA NSIDC DAAC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Description 
point of contact - originator
organisation Name  NASA NSIDC DAAC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Description 
Back to top:

Reference system information

Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: CARTESIAN
Back to top

Scope of quality information
scope level  series
Resource lineage description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name HTTPS
URL: https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0608_classification_ease/
link function function
Description Direct download via HTTPS protocol.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/J0CJG7RZW3IJ
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name Binary
Format version 
specification > FTP 0.8 - 2 MB

Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2004-01-01
parentEntity 
rule 
Back to top

Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2016-08-23
parentEntity 
rule 
Back to top

Metadata data stamp:  2016-08-23
Metadata contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Metadata scope code  series
Metadata hierarchy level name:  EASE-Grid Land Cover Classifications Derived from Boston University MODIS/Terra Land Cover Data
Metadata language  eng; usa
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information 2009 Metadata
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009
Metadata record identifier:  EASE-Grid Land Cover Classifications Derived from Boston University MODIS/Terra Land Cover Data, Version 1

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)